Dead Man's Chest : The Sequel to Treasure Island

by Roger L. Johnson

Dead Man's Chest is a classic pirate yarn that begins with long John Silver's escape from the merchantman Hispaniola at Peurta Plata and culminates with the American Revolution more than a decade later. It describes in rich detail the unholy alliance formed between this soft-hearted cut-throut, his teenage nephew, David Noble, and the slaver-turned-merchant captain, John Paul Jones to retrieve a king's ransom of Spanish gold and jewels from Dead Man's Chest; the other two-thirds of the treasure described in Stevenson's novel, and the inspiration for the sailor's ballad by the same name. Dead Man's Chest explains how the Scottish fugitive John Paul Jones earned a naval commission. More importantly, the novel illuminates a hitherto unknown thirty-month period in John Paul's career. From November 1773 when he killed a mutineer to June 1775 when he received his naval commission in Philadelphia from Thomas Jefferson. Learn how the contract that he and John Silver made with the American founding fathers impacted the lives of the Colonists and ultimately helped win America's freedom from Mother England.

Genres: Pirates, Fiction

316 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2001

Reviews

[Rick Brindle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A workmanlike story that is best described as a sequel to Treasure Island. There have probably been a few such books written. If you like your pirate tales, or all other things nautical, then this may well be worth a read.

[Gr1972 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 out of 5

[Истомин Тимофей · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi. It's probably a cool book, based on the cover and the plot.

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book but for whatever reason I cannot pinpoint I couldn't get into it...

[Bill Bennett · Rating 4 out of 5]

The beginning was a bit slow and the ending was a bit contrived, but in between was a rip roaring pirate tale!!