Captain Courageous (Illustrated) (Annotated)

Captain Courageous (Illustrated) is a compact maritime Bildungsroman in which spoiled American heir Harvey Cheyne Jr., swept overboard from an ocean liner, is rescued by a Gloucester fishing schooner and forced into the stern disciplines of labor, weather, and communal dependence. Kipling's prose combines nautical precision, vigorous dialogue, and moral fable, placing the book within late-Victoria...