“Mother, I want to go to sea!” Jim Hawkins is an average 13-year-old boy living near the small town of Black Hill Cove, spending his days tending to the Admiral Benbow Inn with his mother, Karen. This quiet life is interrupted one stormy night as the brusque Billy Bones comes knocking for a room. His arrival will send Jim to sea on a wild and harrowing adventure in search of “Treasure Island” and the legendary piles of namesake riches it is rumored to hold.
Episodes
26
Aired
Fall 1978
Score
7.7
Popularity
#3442
PiratesHistoricalClassic LiteratureShipsForeignTravelSurvivalMale Protagonist
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