Treasure Island

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Overview

Young Jim Hawkins works at the Admiral Benbow Inn when a mysterious sea-captain arrives and tells him to beware of a man with one leg. Hawkins finds his treasure map and he and his compatriots acquire a ship to go after it. And who do they hire for a cook? A one-legged man named Long John Silver. Not only that - they let Silver pick the crew! As soon as they arrive on Treasure Island, the good-guys find that they are sailing with a bunch of pirates who mutiny against them.