Treasure Island Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. An old sailor, calling himself "the captain"—real name Billy Bones—comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast during the mid-18th-century, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "a one-legged seafaring man". A former shipmate with intact legs, but lacking two fingers, shows up to confront Billy about sharing his treasure map. After running the stranger off in a
Jim Hawkins (politician) Jim Hawkins (politician) James K. Hawkins is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Hawkins serves in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Bristol District since 2018, which includes all but one precinct of Attleboro. Hawkins was born and raised in Walpole, MA. He moved to Attleboro and has lived there for over 35 years. He graduated from Colby College and then went on to earn an MBA from Providence College School of Business. Hawkins sold auto parts before getting his master's degree and working as a math teacher at Attleboro