Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. "Treasure Island" was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine "Young Folks" from 1881 through 1882 under the title
The Secret of Treasure Island also included serials "Batman and Robin", "Mysterious Doctor Satan" and "The Adventures of Rex and Rinty". The serial was shown along with the 1922 "Down to the Sea in Ships" at the 2006 Memphis Film Festival, and in an article about the festival John Beifuss of "The Commercial Appeal" called the two serials "Elmer Clifton classics". "Source" The Secret of Treasure Island The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate