Description:When the grizzled pirate captain Billie Bones takes up residence at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jane Hawkins is drawn into a dangerous world of pirates, sailing ships and buried treasure. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate story was aimed squarely at adventure seeking boys of his time. It was assumed that girls could better use their time by practising their needlepoint, studying etiquette and keeping their voices down. This adaptation is for them. It considers an alternative universe where everything interesting happens to women characters: young Jane Hawkins, Dame Jan Trelawney and Doctor Dora Livesly set out on their voyage with Captain Alexandra Smollet, a crew of villainous women and their charismatic cook – Long Dawn Silver. *** All proceeds from this book go to the Malala Fund (www.malala.org) and to Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) ***We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Treasure Island: Jane Hawkins' Tale. To get started finding Treasure Island: Jane Hawkins' Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: When the grizzled pirate captain Billie Bones takes up residence at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jane Hawkins is drawn into a dangerous world of pirates, sailing ships and buried treasure. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate story was aimed squarely at adventure seeking boys of his time. It was assumed that girls could better use their time by practising their needlepoint, studying etiquette and keeping their voices down. This adaptation is for them. It considers an alternative universe where everything interesting happens to women characters: young Jane Hawkins, Dame Jan Trelawney and Doctor Dora Livesly set out on their voyage with Captain Alexandra Smollet, a crew of villainous women and their charismatic cook – Long Dawn Silver. *** All proceeds from this book go to the Malala Fund (www.malala.org) and to Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) ***We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Treasure Island: Jane Hawkins' Tale. To get started finding Treasure Island: Jane Hawkins' Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.