Robert Louis Stevenson: Finding Treasure Island (Lerner Biographies Series)

Carpenter, Angelica Shirley; Shirley, Jean

ISBN 10: 0822549557 ISBN 13: 9780822549550

Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

Describes the life of the man who wrote "Kidnapped," "Treasure Island," and "A Child's Garden of Verses"

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8. Stevenson found ideas for his stories in his native Scotland as well as in his South Sea adventures. Such events are retold in this exceptionally well-documented look at the man and his work. Quotations from Stevenson's letters and writings are used throughout, giving glimpses into his personality, as well as his observations on the places he traveled and the events that shaped his life. Black-and-white archival photographs and reproductions add visual emphasis. Interesting background accounts and colorful details are provided for some of the writer's most famous books. Nancy Willard's The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill (Harcourt, 1987) and Jim Murphy's Across America on an Emigrant Train (Clarion, 1993) describe the writer's exit from Scotland and journey in the United States. Carpenter addresses this span of time and then continues with the significant influence Stevenson had elsewhere and the works that resulted. A readable, fact-filled volume.?Cheryl Cufari, Glencliff Elementary School, Niskayuna, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0822549557
• ISBN 13: 9780822549550
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 128