Treasure Island
2307178New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Three surface tears and red stain on front board light stain and red stain on rear board ink name on front free endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. 238 pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of author. "Treasure Island originally The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys1 is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X" schooners the Black Spot tropical islands and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.2 As one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere characters and action. It was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island or the mutiny of the Hispaniola credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co."--Wikipedia Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
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