| Treasure Island Contributor(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author), Mackintosh, David (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1847494862 ISBN-13: 9781847494863 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Pirates |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas-ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim: If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day. But more than just a children's classic, the novel is considered to be one of the greatest feats of storytelling in the English language, with characters such as the unforgettable Long John Silver becoming part of the cultural consciousness. Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story that will captivate both adults and children for as long as stories are told. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mackintosh, David: - Born in Belfast, raised in Australia, and now living in London, DAVID MACKINTOSH is a fine artist and designer, as well as an illustrator.Stevenson, Robert Louis: - Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880, he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson's most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894. |
