It was only after Treasure Island came out in book form that the story became ... who dies a bloody death at the hands of Jim Hawkins, was the actual name of Blackbeard’s second in command.

I was only 5 when I was first exposed to “Treasure Island.” It’s hard to imagine anyone publishing such a book for children today. Jim Hawkins, the story’s boy hero, shoots a pirate ...

The book dates back to the late 1800s ... he was educated at Bristol Grammar School. And while Jim Hawkins left Bristol for Treasure Island, Charles Kingsley stayed in the city where, at the ...