![]() ![]() The captain and owner, Disko Troop, considers him mad when Harvey tells of his father’s wealth and his own importance. On board the We’re Here, Harvey faces an incredulous reception from the fishermen. He is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman, Manuel, who carries him in his small fishing boat, or dory, to the schooner We’re Here, of which he is a crew member. At age 15, on a trip to Europe with his mother, Harvey falls from the liner into the sea. The protagonist is Harvey Cheyne, the spoiled and arrogant son of a multimillionaire American businessman and of a weak and indulgent mother. The time setting is approximately the 1890s. ![]() It is set mostly on the Atlantic Ocean over the Grand Banks, fishing grounds off the southeast coast of Newfoundland, although later parts of the text take place in the fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and on the West Coast of the United States. The title comes from one of Kipling’s favorite ballads, “Mary Ambree.” Captains Courageous is a story of maturation and redemption, a pattern of action that recurs throughout Kipling’s work. What Kipling described as a “boy’s story” was first published in serial form in McClure’s Magazine in the United States and in Pearson’s Magazine in Britain, and in book form by Macmillan in 1897. ![]() This short novel is one of the products of Rudyard Kipling’s residence in the United States from 1892 to 1896. Analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous ![]()
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