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 captain\'s eternal song: "Fifteen men on the dead man\'s chest-- Yo-ho-ho,.
Treasure Island , a coming of age novel, is perhaps the best adventure story of all time