# Captains Courageous — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph, a stanza from Longfellow's poem, sets the tone for the novel by contrasting the speaker's life on land with the persistent allure of the sea, as evoked by the tales of old sailors.
- [Captains Courageous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/captains-courageous.md): This chapter introduces Harvey Cheyne, a wealthy and spoiled boy who falls overboard from a luxury liner and is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman named Manuel. He is taken aboard the fishing schooner 'We're Here,' where 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/i.md): Harvey Cheyne, a spoiled rich boy, falls overboard from a luxury liner and is rescued by the fishing schooner 'We're Here' captained by Disko Troop. Harvey demands to be taken to New York, but Troop refuses, insisting Ha
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/ii.md): Harvey Cheyne, after being knocked down by Captain Disko Troop for accusing him of theft, is comforted by Dan Troop. Dan questions Harvey about his wealthy background, and Harvey reveals his father is a multimillionaire 
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/iii.md): Harvey learns to bait trawls and goes out in a dory with Dan, where he catches his first halibut. The chapter also shows Disko Troop's strategic thinking about fishing grounds and Harvey's growing adaptation to the sea l

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captains_courageous_se/chapters/x.md)

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