| Captains Courageous Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1410434095 ISBN-13: 9781410434098 Publisher: Large Print Press OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010042005 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Series: Kennebec Large Print Perennial Favorites Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.57 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Like all Kipling's masterworks, Captains Courageous is an interweaving of art and moral purpose. Angus Wilson has said that it shows delicacy of craft and violence of feeling, exactitude and wile impressionism, subtlety and true innocence. A popular favorite since its first publication in 1897, the novel remains a classic story of youthful initiation--and a lively tribute to the author's famous code of bravery, loyalty, an honor among men. |