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Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship's crew must brave the elements and a... read more

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First Sentence

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Doctor Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17—, and go back to the time when my father kept the "Admiral Benbow" inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre-cut, first took up his lodging under our roof.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Kinuko Craft (Illustrator)
  2. Nicholas McGuinn (Editor) - Editor of Cambridge Literature Edition
  3. Pat Boyette (Adapter) - Classics Illustrated Edition Adapter
  4. Lisa Norby (Adapter) - Adapter of Stepping Stones Book Edition
  5. John D. Seelye (Editor) - Penguin Classics Edition Editor
  6. Derick Bown (Illustrator) - Raintree Children's Books Illustrator
  7. June Edwards (Adapter)
  8. Susan Cornell Poskanzer (Adapter) - Adapter of Silver Classics Children's Edition
  9. Wendy R. Katz (Editor)
  10. Earle Hitchner - Connections Author
  11. Eleonore Schmid (Illustrator)
  12. Emma Letley (Editor)
  13. Edmund Dulac (Illustrator)
  14. Mervyn Laurence Peake (Illustrator)
 

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