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Classics Illustrated 117 Captains Courageous
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Classics Illustrated 117 Captains Courageous

This is the action-filled tale of the rugged life aboard a New England fishing schooner. It is the exciting and dramatic story of Harvey Cheyne, spoiled by wealth, who plunges into the sea from an ocean liner and is rescued by fishermen. Aboard the schooner, he is made to work under strict discipline until the end of the fishing season. Follow Harvey Cheyne's adventures as he changes from a weak boy into a strrong and worthy man.
 
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Tags: Harvey, Cheyne, fishing, schooner, discipline
Storm Warning
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Storm Warning by Jack Higgins

It’s August 1944 and as the Allied forces gain momentum in Europe, a group of loyal German expatriates trapped in Brazil hatch a desperate plan to return to the Motherland.  Twenty-seven of them crowd aboard a 19th century, three mast schooner, the Deutschland, in a desperate journey to return home.  They must cross five thousand miles of rough sea, and slip past both the American and British navies.

 
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Tags: Storm, desperate, return, Warning, schooner, Deutschland