Captains Courageous by Rudyard KiplingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling is a classic, coming-of-age story that wouldn't stand a chance of being published today, due to the way it depicts people of color and women among other things.
That said, it's a wonderful tale of a spoiled rich boy who finds himself washed overboard from a luxury liner and picked up by a fishing boat in an age before two-way radios were available. In spite of his demands that he be returned to land immediately and promises of a large reward for doing so, he quickly learns he will be "trapped" on the vessel until the end of the fishing season. He learns to respect the work the fishermen do, the dangers involved and the value of hard work and honesty as he works alongside the captain's son.
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