Treasure Island

Treasure Island is a book by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was published in 1883. It is about pirates (finding gold) and a treasure hunt on a tropical isle. Famous characters include Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and Ben Gunn. The book has been adapted to movies, comic books, and other media.

Movies
The story has been made into many movies. The story in the movie is often different to the story in the book.
Treasure Island (1934 movie), 1934 movie starring Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery
Treasure Island (1950 movie), 1950 Disney movie starring Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton
Animal Treasure Island (1971 Japanese animated movie) (Dobutsu Takarajima), a collaboration between Hiroshi Ikeda and Hayao Miyazaki at Toei Doga
Treasure Island (1972 movie), 1972 movie starring Orson Welles
Treasure Island (1972 animated movie), a 1972 movie released by Filmation
Return to Treasure Island, 1986 Disney mini-series starring Brian Blessed
Treasure Island (1988 animated movie), 1988 Soviet animated movie released by Kievnauchfilm
Treasure Island (1990 movie), 1990 movie starring Christian Bale and Charlton Heston
Treasure Island (1993 movie) (只要為你活一天), 1993 Taiwanese film
Muppet Treasure Island, 1996 movie rendition of Stevenson's novel starring The Muppets and Tim Curry
Treasure Island (1999 movie), 1999 movie starring Kevin Zeger and Jack Palance

References
 Cordingly, David (1995). Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates. ISBN 0-679-42560-8
 Letley, Emma, ed. (1998). Treasure Island (Oxford World's Classics). ISBN 0-19-283380-4
 Pietsch, Roland (2010). The Real Jim Hawkins: Ships' Boys in the Georgian Navy. ISBN 978-1-84832-036-9
 Reed, Thomas L. (2006). The Transforming Draught: Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the Victorian Alcohol Debate.  ISBN 0-7864-2648-9
 Watson, Harold (1969). Coasts of Treasure Island;: A study of the backgrounds and sources for Robert Louis Stevenson's romance of the sea. ISBN 0-8111-0282-3

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Category:1880s books
Category:Books by Robert Louis Stevenson
Category:British novels