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There follows a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and with the help of his friend, Dan Troop, he makes fine progress. Eventually, the [[schooner]] returns to port and Harvey wires his parents. They rush to the fishing town and find to their amazement that their child has become an industrious, serious and considerate young man. |
There follows a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and with the help of his friend, Dan Troop, he makes fine progress. Eventually, the [[schooner]] returns to port and Harvey wires his parents. They rush to the fishing town and find to their amazement that their child has become an industrious, serious and considerate young man. |
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In [[1937]] [[Louis D. Lighton]] produced a [[film|movie]] based on the novel, directed by [[Victor Fleming]]. [[Spencer Tracy]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his work in this film. |
In [[1937]] [[Louis D. Lighton]] produced a [[film|movie]] based on the novel, directed by [[Victor Fleming]]. [[Spencer Tracy]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his work in this film. |
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The movie also gained nominations for three other [[Academy Award]]s: |
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*Best Picture - Louis D. Lighton, producer |
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*Best Film Editing - [[Elmo Veron]] |
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*Best Writing, Screenplay - [[Marc Connelly]], [[John Lee Mahin]] and [[Dale Van Every]] |
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The book contains very much non-standard English [[spelling]] used to represent [[dialect]] speech in [[conversation]]s. |
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<br>It contains some obsolete word usages, for example "[[trawl]]" used to mean "[[long-lining]]". |
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Revision as of 15:58, 9 February 2006
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. 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 the We're Heres, Disko Troop, offers him a job as part of the crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts.
There follows a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and with the help of his friend, Dan Troop, he makes fine progress. Eventually, the schooner returns to port and Harvey wires his parents. They rush to the fishing town and find to their amazement that their child has become an industrious, serious and considerate young man.
In 1937 Louis D. Lighton produced a movie based on the novel, directed by Victor Fleming. Spencer Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film.