While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that leads to a pirate's fortune.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) was a Scottish author who spent his life writing and travelling the world before his untimely death at the age of forty-four. Stephenson is best known for his novels Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.