{"product_id":"treasure-island-and-kidnapped-unabridged-and-fully-illustrated-9781789431018","title":"Treasure Island AND Kidnapped (Unabridged and fully illustrated)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnabridged  complete with 130 original illustrations by Louis Rhead  the well-known childrens book illustrator.  Treasure Island  a coming of age novel  is perhaps the best adventure story of all time. It is certainly the quintessential pirate tale  and together with its many movie adaptations it has created our idea of the pirate world: treasure maps with an \"X\"  the one legged pirate  the parrot on the shoulder  the eye-patch  the black spot and even phrases like \"shiver my timbers \" and the captains eternal song: \"Fifteen men on the dead mans chest- Yo-ho-ho  and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest- Yo-ho-ho  and a bottle of rum!\" The young Jim Hawkins is hired by an old seadog Billy Bones to look out for a sailor with one leg. Despite this precaution  Bones is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Searching through his belongings Jim finds a treasure map  which he shows to the local doctor and a wealthy squire. They engage a ship and captain  but unwittingly they hire the ruthless and immensely strong Long John Silver  who has designs on the treasure  as their cook ... Stevenson published Kidnapped a few years later  and it too was a success. The seventeen year old Scottish lad David Balfour  whose parents have recently dies goes out to make his way in the world. His first stop is his uncle  who in order to steal Davids inheritance  sells him to a ships captain  who in turn plans to sell him into slavery in the Carolinas. The ship  encountering adverse winds and fog hits a small boat near the Hebrides  killing all on the boat but Alan Stewart  who is brought on board. As the story unfolds Alan and David encounter and overcome numerous dangers to achieve the justice that each desires. This edition contains 130 illustrations by Louis Rhead  the well known childrens book illustrator. In addition  each chapter begins with an illustrated capital. The text is modern crisp easy-to-read font and would be a pleasure for children or adults to read. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson  a celebrity during his lifetime  is best known for Treasure Island  Kidnapped  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde  A Childs Garden of Verse. While being a writer he was great traveller  journeying to Europe  America and the South Pacific  where spent his last years in Samoa. There he was loved by the Samoans who called him Tusitala (Samoan for \"Teller of Tales\").\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960438251573,"sku":"ByrdShop_1789431018","price":57.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781789431018.jpg?v=1788287073","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/treasure-island-and-kidnapped-unabridged-and-fully-illustrated-9781789431018","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}