Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1897. This novel follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a fishing boat in the north Atlantic. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of a passing schooner offers him a job as crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts, and there begins a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and takes the first steps towards becoming a man. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition.
- ISBN10 0342363891
- ISBN13 9780342363896
- Publish Date 11 October 2018 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Franklin Classics
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 204
- Language English