Rudyard Kipling 
‘Captains Courageous’ 
A Story of the Grand Banks

Captains Courageous is an 1897 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 novel originally appeared as a serialization in Mc Clure’s, beginning with the November 1896 edition with the last installment appearing in May 1897. Excerpt: ‘The weather door of the smoking room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing fleet. ‘That Cheyne boy’s the biggest nuisance aboard, ‘ said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. ‘He isn’t wanted here. He’s too fresh.’ A white-haired German reached for a sandwich and grunted between bites: ‘I know der breed. Ameriga is full of dot kind. I dell you you should imbort ropes’ ends free under your dariff.’ ‘Pshaw! There isn’t any real harm to him. He’s more to be pitied than anything.’