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Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that 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 Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.
The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...
Author
Series
The Fishing Chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fishing-obsessed Casey James loved spending time aboard the Orca II, his dad's charter boat. The coastal waters south of San Francisco provided great fishing and adventure. Each fall the waters surrounding the Farallon Islands become populated with large and powerful great white sharks. This extremely aggressive species holds the interest of many, especially fourteen-year-old Casey. A late October fishing trip took an unexpected turn when the Orca...