Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, which was published in 1883 when the horrors of piracy were fresh in the public mind.
A collection of twenty-seven sailing stories from history and around the world with contributions from noted authors including William F. Buckley Jr., E.B. White, C.S. Forester, Cleveland Amory, and David Kasanof.
