by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure
Island in 1881. It is set in the days of sailing ships and
pirates and tells of the adventures of Jim Hawkins and his
search for the buried treasure of an evil pirate, Captain Flint.
The story begins at 'The Admiral Benbow', the inn that belongs
to Jim Hawkin's parents. A mysterious stranger called Billy
Bones, who rents a room at the inn, warns Jim to keep a look out
for a 'one legged man'. One day, Billy is visited by a beggar
called 'Blind Pew' who gives him the 'black spot' which is the
mark of imminent death among pirate crews. After Blind Pew
leaves, Billy collapses and dies. Jim finds a map in Billy's sea
chest just before Blind Pew returns with a band of evil pirates.
Jim and his mother quickly hide before the pirates ransack the
Inn looking for the map. Suddenly soldiers arrive and the
pirates escape, except for Blind Pew who is accidentally
trampled to death by the soldiers' horses. Jim takes the map to
Squire Trelawney and Doctor Lives