Treasure Island (Knickerbocker Classics)
Follow young Jim Hawkins as he sails on the Hispanioloa with the distrustful Long John Silver in search of buried treasure in this thrilling pirate adventure.Originally published as a book in 1883, this thrilling pirate adventure has had readers on the edges of their seats ever since. Follow...
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Follow young Jim Hawkins as he sails on the Hispanioloa with the distrustful Long John Silver in search of buried treasure in this thrilling pirate adventure.Originally published as a book in 1883, this thrilling pirate adventure has had readers on the edges of their seats ever since. Follow young Jim Hawkins as he sails on the Hispaniola with the distrustful Long John Silver to a deserted island in search of buried treasure. Treasure Island, with nine full-color illustrations included, a beautiful, vibrant, cloth-bound hardcover is unabridged and makes a great addition to every children's library.This collectible edition, packaged in a beautiful, vibrant clothbound hardcover, is unabridged and includes 9 color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781631060649 (1631060643)
ASIN: 1631060643
Publish date: 2015-02-27
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Great performance, meh story. I love pirates, adventure, historical settings, classics, and full cast performances. This story had all of that, yet it didn't entertain me like I hoped/expected. I couldn't get into it, even with the very excellent voice cast carrying me through the tale. I suspect...
If I read this in childhood - and it would have been in a children's abridged edition, I should think - it didn't leave any memory of its rather gory plot, nor of the curious moral ambiguity of it principal villain, Long John Silver. Nonetheless, once it got going, it was more or less what I expec...
A classic, one of the best that has stood the test of time. Definitely entertaining. It's a fun, fast-paced adventure that is well worth reading with your children.
This was a refresher reread for me due to the TV show Black Sails, which was created as sort-of a prequel for Treasure Island and you should totally watch if you haven’t already.I first read Treasure Island in 5th or 6th grade (I remember taking it from the 5/6th grade literature section in our scho...
Ha! Double Ha! I Looooved how everyone turned on everyone at a drop of a hat on the "Pirates of the Caribean" movies. Now I know where they got it from. Bases, teams and situations changed constantly in this one. It's great fun. One gets so used to classics staying in print for serious reasons, ...
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