Editing Captains Courageous (section)

==Plot==
[[File:Rudyard Kiping Captains Courageous McClure's Magazine.jpeg|thumb|170px|Cover of the November 1896 edition of ''[[McClure's]]'', which began the serialisation of the novel]]
[[File:We're Here.jpg|thumb|left|The fishing [[schooner]] ''We're Here'']]
Protagonist Harvey Cheyne Jr. is the spoiled son of a wealthy California [[Gilded Age|railroad magnate]]. Washed overboard from a transatlantic [[steamship]] and rescued by the crew of the fishing [[schooner]] ''We're Here'', off the [[Grand Banks of Newfoundland]], Harvey can neither persuade them to take him quickly to port, nor convince them of his wealth. Harvey accuses the captain, Disko Troop, of taking his money (which is revealed to be on the deck from which Harvey fell). Troop bloodies his nose, but takes him in as a [[Boy seaman|boy]] on the crew until they return to port. Harvey comes to accept his situation.

Through a series of trials and adventures, Harvey, with the help of the captain's son, Dan Troop, becomes acclimated to the fishing lifestyle, and even skillful, such as becoming responsible for the ship's accounts of its catch. Great stories of the cod fishery with references to New England whaling and 19th-century steam and sailing are intertwined with the ''We're Here'''s adventures during a season at sea. Eventually, the ''We're Here'' returns to port and Harvey wires his parents, who immediately hasten to [[Boston]], Massachusetts, and thence to the fishing town of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] to recover him. The Cheynes are amazed by their son's newfound maturity, and reward the seaman Manuel, who initially rescued Harvey.  Harvey's father hires Dan to work on his prestigious [[Clipper|tea clipper]] fleet, and Harvey goes to [[Stanford University|Stanford]] to prepare for taking over his father's shipping lines.