TY - BOOK AU - Stevenson,Robert Louis AU - Laiken,Deidre S. AU - McAllister,A.J. TI - Treasure island T2 - Great illustrated classics SN - 0866119582 U1 - 823 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Baronet Books KW - Treasure Island (Imaginary place) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Pirates KW - Treasure troves KW - Adventure stories KW - Children's stories N1 - Primary; 800-899; 823 N2 - Robert Louis Stevenson was a great traveler, who spent his last years in the Pacific, far from his native Scotland. His novel Treasure Island is a seafaring adventure story filled with treasure, treachery, pirates, ships and islands. It was originally published as a serial in the children's magazine Young Folks. Stevenson's novel greatly influenced popular pirate imagery: the treasure map marked with "X", the tropical island, the schooner and finally the one-legged pirate complete with parrot ER -