"Fifteen men on The Dead Man's Chest—Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum" is the password to adventure in this thrilling story which has delighted the hearts of boys and girls for generations. For never has a tale so stirred the imagination of young readers as this vivid yarn of buried gold, lost islands, pirates, old maps and mutiny and piracy on the high seas.

Young Jim Hawkins first meets the mysterious "Captain" at his father's inn, the Admiral Benbow, and from then on starts an exciting search for buried gold which leads him on one of the most fascinating treasure hunts in literature.

The colorful cast of characters includes Old Pew, a soft-spoken, horrible creature who goes tapping along with his stick, Long John Silver, Ben Gunn, Billy Bones, Captain Flynn and dozens of other spirited desperados who will live forever. Any boy or girl who has not read of their deeds on the high seas has missed the thrill of a lifetime. 

From the dust jacket of the Illustrated Junior Library edition