Record Added: 8/5/2010 Series Educator Classic Library #1 Setting  Sea or Islands Topic Adventure Publisher Classic Press Year 1968 Age 9-12 Pages 248
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One of the most enduringly popular adventure tales, Treasure Island began in 1881 as a serialized adventure entitled "The Sea-Cook" in the periodical Young Folks. Completed during a stay at Davos, Switzerland, where Stevenson had gone for his health, it was published in 1883 in the form we know today.
Set in the eighteenth century, Treasure Island spins a heady tale of piracy, a mysterious treasure map, and a host of sinister characters charged with diabolical intentions. Seen through the eyes of Jim Hawkins, the cabin boy of the Hispaniola, the action-packed adventure tells of a perilous sea journey across the Spanish Main, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure on an exotic isle.
Rich in atmosphere and character, Treasure Island continues to mesmerize readers with its perceptive views of the changing nature of human motives. |
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Most of these are unabridged, but titles marked with * are selected, abridged, or edited. - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan [1969]
- Andersen's Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan [1969]
- *Arabian Nights, selected and edited by Andrew Lang, illustrated by William Dempster [1968]
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, illustrated by Don Irwin [1969]
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, illustrated by Michael Rios [1969]
- Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kiping, illustrated by Dick Cole [1970]
- Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- *Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Don Irwin, edited [1970]
- Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Dennis Dierks [1969]
- Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Don Irwin [1969]
- Paul Bunyan, illustrated by William Dempster [1968]
- Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, translated by Joseph Walker, illustrated by William Dempster [1968]
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Al Davidson [1969]
- The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Don Irwin [1969]
- The Book of King Arthur by Howard Pyle, illustrated by Ron King [1969]
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London, illustrated by Ron King [1968]
- The Gold Bug and Other Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Al Davidson [1970]
- The Heroes by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Ron King [1968]
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by William Dempster [1968]
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, illustrated by Dunbracco Dempster [1969]
- The Sleeping Beauty and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Wayne Brown [1969]
- *The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, edited by W. G. H. Kingston, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- The Time Machine and The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, illustrated by Dick Cole [1969]
- The Virginian by Owen Wister, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan [1969]
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Don Irwin [1968]
- Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton, illustrated by the author and Al Davidson [1969]
- White Fang by Jack London, illustrated by Dick Cole [1969]
Don't Yet Have: - Andersen's Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan [1969]
- The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Don Irwin [1969]
- The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, illustrated by Dunbracco Dempster [1969]
- Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton, illustrated by the author and Al Davidson [1969]
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