Rudyard made a another Mougli but not in sea,Harvey Cheyne Jr. is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner her is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We’re Here for a summer.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, the captain’s son, Dan Troop, he makes fine progress.
The account (in chapter 9) of their journey from San Diego to Boston is a classic of railway literature. The couple travel in Cheyne’s private rail car, the “Constance”, taken from San Diego to Chicago as a special train, hauled by sixteen locomotives in succession and taking precedence over 177 other trains. “Two and one-half minutes would be allowed for changing engines; three for watering and two for coaling.” The “Constance” is then attached to the scheduled express “New York Limited” to Buffalo. Thence the New York Central takes her to Albany, and finally the Boston and Albany completes the trip to Boston. The entire run takes 87 hours 35 minutes.
In 1937 as Captains Courageous (film),Spancer Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film.
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