Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited with an introduction by John Seelye.
Material type: TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 1999.Description: xxvii, 210 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0140437681
- 9780140437683
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | STEVENSO ROBERT | Available | 33111010827745 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination
When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map among the dead man's possessions. But Jim soon becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map's existence, and his bravery and cunning are tested to the full when, with his friends Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey, he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down the treasure. With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters-Blind Pew and Black Dog, the castaway Ben Gunn and the charming but dangerous Long John Silver-Stevenson's tale of pirates, treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure stories.
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Includes bibliographical references.
The old buccaneer -- The sea cook -- My shore adventure -- The stockade -- My sea adventure -- Captain Silver.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a map that leads them to a pirate's treasure.