Silver and Hawkins: (The Pirate Adventure Continues…)

By Tony Vincent

I believe SILVER and HAWKINS to be a truly extraordinary and unrivaled follow-up to the most fascinating pirate and adventure story ever written by the author Robert Louis Stevensons, Treasure Island. The Pirate Adventure Continues, Is Fun & Easy Reading, with a Simple Plot & a Surprise Ending that will be heartily relished by younger as well as mature adults. Will Good Conquer Evil or Will the Infamous Prevail? Find out mateys by reading my book SILVER and HAWKINS. For the die-hard fans the original characters that remained alive from Skeleton Island, are described in my book with the same persona and similar idiosyncrasies, just about a dozen years older. The new characters that I fictionalized, are introduced throughout the story bringing with them humor, romance, excitement, danger, murder, lies and deceit. Behaviors found in Men of Fortune are abounding in my story, those who read it will be the lucky one!. If the readers would like to visit my web-sites: www.silverandhawkins.com and www.silverandhawkins.net or send me an e-mail at [e-mail] or send me a comment at silverandhawkins.blogspot.com or www.stjude.org.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781469131313

Tony Vincent

I am retired and living in Florida, with my beloved wife Wanda and my dog Treasure. I grew up in Bellmore, Long Island, N.Y., and worked in many management jobs, real estate, and for the U.S.P.S. Now, I enjoy my life in the Villages, Florida, playing golf, going on my boat, seeing my wonderful family, good friends, and holding and kissing my grandson. My wife, my dog and I were in a terrible head -on collision, with an old pick-up truck. I wrote this story as therapy for myself to keep my mind off my broken bones and the excruciating daily pain that I was in. I always loved reading Treasure Island, So; I made up my own conclusions of what I hoped would transpire. When you matey’s out there read my story, Silver and Hawkins, I hope you truly enjoy it and recommend it to your fellow pirate fans.... and don’t forget, there is a clue in my book as to where I buried a Treasure Chest with $1000.00 in Coins.

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Contents

JUST FOR FUN:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR,

TONY VINCENT

TREASURE ISLAND SUMMARY

PROLOGUE: MY OWN MAN

PART ONE:

THE FUTURE LOOKS WONDERFUL

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

PART TWO:

THE HISPANIOLA’S FATE

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

PART THREE:

LUCK AND COURAGE

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

PART FOUR: AT PEACE FOREVER

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

EPILOGUE

Silver and Hawkins,

(Written by Tony Vincent)

I hope new readers, as well as old fans of Treasure Island, will truly appreciate and embrace the story of Jim Hawkins and his friends.

Young Adult Literature

FICTION

My wish is that every child be given a fighting chance in life, and without health issues to deal with; that is why I decided that 50 percent of all the royalties that are given to me from this book will be sent yearly to St.Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. www.stjude.org

I thought it would be a great adventure and fun for any reader of my story, Silver and Hawkins, to look for a clue written in my book of where I buried a $1, 000 worth of coins in a treasure chest and claim it for themselves. I and I alone know the whereabouts, maties, unless you figure it out . . . Dig it up . . . and then it’s his or hers to keep fer th’mselves! Yo . . . Ho . . . Ho . . . and bottle of rum! If any reader finds my coins, please e-mail me, so I can let others know that the treasure was found; by putting it on my web-site.

Check out either web-site www.silverandhawkins.com or silverandhawkins.net It is Fantastic!

There are two books that I recommend, for all to enjoy. John O’Melveny Woods book, Return to Treasure Island and The Curse of Treasure Island by Denis Judd (using pseudonym Francis Bryan.) Keep a look out for Andrew Motion’s sequel to Treasure Island in Spring of 2012.

I dedicate this book to all the fans around the world of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Treasure Island, which, in my humble opinion, is the greatest pirate and adventure story ever written. I would also like to dedicate this book to my wonderful wife Wanda. We both were together in our car, with our dog Treasure, driving on a beautiful Florida afternoon. In less than a blink of an eye, we were hit head-on by a large pick-up truck. It took many long years of us healing broken bones, bruises, rehab, therapy, MRIs, x-rays, doctors, wheelchair’s, walkers, operations, and endless paperwork. We still continue to this day, to have permanent injuries. I admire her attitude for saying, Let’s get through this one day at a time. She kept her mental outlook and sense of humor throughout the trauma. I kept my mental and physical pain subsided through focusing on writing this book. My blame for the other driver’s negligence was tearing me apart, but one must push blame aside and continue his or her life. We both thank God, our family, and our friends for their strength and support in our time of need. A heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors in The Villages, Florida, Kimmie D..a saintly women who came to our home everyday to help in every way she could. Joe and Gail T. Elaine B., Charles and Barbara B., and all those who helped us in action and in praise. I would like to thank my good friend, confidant, and fishing buddy Victor L. and his wife Carol for their friendship over the years. My pastor and friend Ken P. and his wife Judy were my rock, and I know their prayers and thoughts were with us during the grievous times. I would like to thank wholeheartedly my sister Jessie and her husband Steve D. and their two children Michelle and John for their love and support. My sister-in-law Janet and her husband Michael C. for helping my wife and myself through our troubled circumstances. Wanda’s two boys Martin S. and David S. were very instrumental in our recovery and gave us hope and love. On November 1, 2010, I became a grandfather of a beautiful baby boy named Aiden, whose parents Martin and Courtney S. gave me the greatest gift of my life, my grandchild. When I am no longer in this world and I have paid the Ferryman, my love, spirit, and legacy will remain within this child.

God bless one and all,

With love,

Tony Vincent

A very special Thank You to Anita Buhneing for drawing the wonderful illustrations in my book.

PS: I would like to thank Howard Stern, Robin Quivers and the entire crew for making me laugh, during my ordeal every time I listened to the Sirius XM radio. I have been a admirer for well over twenty years and Mr. Stern was then and still is the best form of therapy and entertainment on our planet. It is a shame that some people consider him to be just vulgar and will not acknowledge his unsurpassed talent to entertain people and make them laugh. These folks do not appreciate his quick wit or hear his empathy towards people;nor do they feel his love for helpless animals. I wish for both him and his wife Beth; long, happy and healthy lives, and whatever they decide to do in their futures will be celebrated and self fulfilling.Howard’s accolades are well overdue;and he truly is the, King of All Media!

I apologize to all the connoisseur’s in advance. I wrote this story for pure entertainment of pirate fans, young and old. I kept the bad language out and focused on a nice story.1/4—with romance-1/4 with pirate behaviors-1/4 with humor and 1/4 with learning nautical terms, which = 100% FUN!

If I said it took 3 days, instead of 4; to get from one town to another; my bad. If a character was wearing a blue gown, and the color blue was not invented during the time period of my story; my bad. If a crewman weighed 200lbs., instead of 212lbs, my bad.The point being, even Robert Louis Stevenson was criticized and his book picked apart; for example, he referred to the Viceroy of the Indies, a ship sailing from Goa, India (then a Portuguese colony), which was taken by Edward England off Malabar while Long John Silver was serving aboard England’s ship the Cassandra. No such exploit of England is known, nor any ship by the name of the Viceroy of the Indies . . . Big Deal!

Some people are not such sticklers for details, they just want to read a simple story to their children, some young adults just want to read and escape into their own imaginations, and some mature adults like to read to unwind from the stress of everyday life and just relax.

Some folks will see a movie and say, The book was much better. Some will say, The movie was as good as the book. Some say. I have to read the book, now that I saw the movie. Others will say, Now that I saw the movie I have to read the book. While even other people will say, I hated that movie. and some folks say. That movie was fantastic!!!! Anyway you slice it . . . it’s all good! Everyone just stay health and enjoy every day. Arghhh

P.S.—FOR PARENTS: Some of my books content is not suitable for very young children, it is not because of bad language, it is because when pirates are written about, they are usually violent and their behaviors are criminal. With that in mind, do not subject your children to this brutality; read the book yourself and then skip the gory parts. If you do decide to get them interested in the continuation of the fictional story of Silver and Hawkins, I am sure it will peak their interested in the original story of Treasure Island as well; which as you well know is the greatest adventure and pirate story ever written.

What I would do; is read them Treasure Island first, then see if they want to know what might have happened to Jim Hawkins, his friends, and that scheming pirate Long John Silver.

JUST FOR FUN:

Since I wrote this fictional story, I can also Fantasize if this book were to be made into a movie, and what directors, actors, and artists, I would choose to play the parts of my main characters. Calling all Producers, Call-me . . . We’ll do lunch:)If I sell enough copies of this book, I would hope to be a one of the Producers of the Movie Silver and Hawkins . . . If some of the Premium channels such as, Showtime, Home Box Office, Starz, and the like, would be interested in a awesome Pirate Series . . . don’t hesitate to contact me.

One can dream can’t they! Arghhh

(Them that partakes be the lucky ones)

I will only comment on only one of the artists, which is Mr. Billy Joel . . . in my opinion he is a legend, who has conquered Pop/Rock’n Roll music; now he is pursuing classical, who better than he to score a movie, with his style of song writing and skills as a pianist? I will answer that question myself; No One! I know he would take on any Musical Challenge if properly presented to him.

The Movie’s Soundtrack to be done by—Mr.Billy Joel

The Directors would be-(Not necessarily in this order)

Ron Howard or Rob Riener or Sofia Coppola or Tom Selleck or Mel Gibson or Martin Scorsese or Michael Bay or Guy Ritchie or Ben Stiller or Ridley Scott or Clint Eastwood or Sam Raimi or George Clooney.

The Actors would be-(Not necessarily in this order)

Jim Hawkins-Paul Dano or Leonardo DiCaprio or Kiefer Sutherland or Matt Dillon or Judd Nelson or Scott Baio or Paul Walker or Brad Pitt or Adrien Brody or Brendan Fraser.

Molly Ann Smollett-Gwyneth Paltrow or Julia Louis-Dryfus or Sofia Coppola or Mena Suvari or Mira Sorvino or Charlize Theron or Jessica Alba or Christina Applegate or Alyssa Milano or Monica Bellucci or Scarlett Johansson or Brittany Murphy or Helena Bonham Carter.

Long John Silver-Howard Stern or Christian Bale or Anthony Hopkins or Peter Coyote or Daniel-Day Lewis or Tom Selleck or Oliver Platt or Jim Caviezel or Ciarán Hinds or Mel Gibson or Brian Cox or Jean Reno or Rufus Sewell.

Dr. David Livesey-Kevin Costner or Ben Affleck or Alan Alda or Ciarán Hinds or Pierce Brosnan or David Duchovny or Kevin Spacey or Tim Robbins.

Baron John Trelawney-Richard Dreyfuss or Paul Giamatti or Gary Dell’abate or Philip Seymour Hoffman or Jonah Hill or John C. Reilly or Bill Murray or John Cazale or Tom Hanks or Jack Black.

Admiral Alexander Smollett-Artie Lange or James Belushi or Jack Nicholson.

Mrs. Jennifer Smollett-Rosie O’Donnell or Louise Fletcher or Linda Blair or Janeane Garofalo or Lainie Kazan or Ellen Burstyn.

Lady Marie Hawkins-Frances McDormand or Hilary Swank or Virginia Madsen or Mackenzie Phillips or Jennifer Tilly or Meg Tilly or Marilu Henner or Tina Louise or Holly Hunter or Roma Downey or Rebecca De Mornay or Uma Thurman or Elizabeth Shue.

Queen Charlotte-Julie Harris or Julie Andrews or Robin Quivers or Cate Blanchett or Jessica Lange or Glenn Close or Helen Mirren or Laura Dern.

Ben Gunn-Giovanni Ribisi or Tim Roth or Brad Dourif or Billy Connolly or Steve Martin.

Rebekah-Robin Quivers. (The writers will give her more lines and a much bigger part if she is cast as Long John’s wife, I mean Howard Stern’s movie wife; once Howard agrees to the part!)

Henry Lawrence—Terry Crews or Djimon Hounsou or Will Smith or Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington or Laurence Fishburne or Terrence Howard or LL COOL J.

Carlos Sanchez-John Leguizamo or Benicio Del Toro or Luis Guzmán.

Cricket-Martin Short or Gary Sinise or Bronson Pinchot or Sean Astin or Edward Norton or Casey Affleck or Steve Carell

Charles Tooley-Ralph Fiennes or Randy Travis or Mike Farrell or Stephen Collins or J.K.Simmons.

King George III-Gary Oldman or Gene Hackman or Fred Willard or Michael Caine or Dennis Farina or Anthony Perkins or Sam Shephard or Lance Henriksen or Colm Feore or David Morse or Bruce Campbell or Jeremy Irons or John Hurt or Peter Stormare.

Donald McDuff-Ewan McGregor or Kenneth Branagh or Matt Damon or Mark Wahlberg or Matthew McConaughey or Scott Bakula or Tim McGraw or David O’Hara or Ted Levine.

George Stillwell—George Clooney or Jeff Goldblum or John Travolta or Kevin Kline or Tom Sizemore or Ray Liotta or Oded Fehr or Jason Bateman or Alan Rickman or Ralph Macchio or Eric Stoltz or Vince Vaughn.

Joseph Johanson—Clive Owen or Gabriel Byrne or Vinnie Jones or Jason Statham or Mark Strong or Gerard Butler or Kurt Russell or Ryan Gosling or Viggo Mortensen or Josh Brolin or Danny Bonaduce or Michael Madsen or Eric Roberts or Ron Silver or Rutger Hauer or Vincent Cassel or Sean Bean or Eric Bana or Jason Isaacs or Kevin Durand or Cliff Curtis or William Fichtner or John Schneider or John C. Hall or Kevin Bacon.

Aye, Maties . . . One Never Knows . . .

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR,

TONY VINCENT

When I was just a young lad, one of the first books I ever read and got excited about or even remembered in my childhood was Treasure Island, which was written by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Now I am retired and living in The Villages, Florida, with my wife Wanda and my dog Treasure. Sadly, my wife and I are all recovering from a terrible head-on collision with another vehicle. I decided as therapy for myself, I would continue the greatest pirate story ever written. I read Treasure Island at least twice a year for so many years, I scarcely remember how many times I read it. I watched almost every movie that was made about Treasure Island, cartoons included. I also read as many pirate books as a person can get their hands on, and watched just about every pirate movie that has been out.

I am happy to tell the new readers and fans of the original Treasure Island that I painstakingly made sure that the remaining characters that returned from Skeleton Island were given the utmost care, and their personalities were sustained throughout the book; however, I did embellish them with more descriptions and details about their lives in my story. I introduced some of the new characters with humor, some of them with ungodly behaviors, and many of hordes are just wicked and bizarre.

When reading about pirates, and ships, and such, I learned a lot of nautical terms, so I included some in my story, and hopefully this will be a learning experience as well as a fun book for all you buccaneers out there.

I was intrigued and at the same time saddened, because I did not want the book Treasure Island to ever end. It left me wanting for more, and I needed to get some sort of closure, on those characters that had returned from Skeleton Island.

My first thought and question was, what happened to Long John Silver after his escape from the Hispaniola? Then I wanted to know what became of Jim Hawkins, his mother, and his good friends Dr. Livesey, and SquireTrelawney? What had befallen Ben Gunn, the marooned pirate, who mismanaged his booty? After getting equal shares of the treasure, how did they fare in their remarkable lives? So I made up my own conclusions of what I hoped would transpire.

My ambition was and is, that all you maties out there who read my story, Silver and Hawkins, truly enjoy it and recommend it to their fellow pirate fans . . . and don’t forget, there is a clue in my book as to where I buried a treasure chest with $1, 000 in coins. Arghhh . . . .

This is some information I found on the Internet to help the reader understand the plot from the original Treasure Island by the author Robert Louis Stevenson (I would like to give credit to whoever wrote this, but I cannot find the Web page I downloaded this from years ago).

CHARACTERS FROM TREASURE ISLAND

Long John Silver is what we imagine a pirate should be: cunning, sly, bloodthirsty, peg-legged, and with a parrot on his shoulder. He was quartermaster on Captain Flint’s ship; his task was to steer the ship and apply the helm orders given by the captain or watch-keeping officers.

Dr. Livesey is the local medical man and judge in Jim’s hometown back in England. He’s also friends with Squire Trelawney and part of the original group of treasure hunters.

Squire Trelawney is a local example of the landed gentry or nobility in Jim’s hometown; he has aristocratic blood.

Captain Smollett is a stand-up guy, but he’s also all about the discipline. The way he knows there’s something wrong with the crew is that they’ve been spoiled.

Ben Gunn is a marooned sailor Jim Hawkins finds on the island. He had been a part of Captain Flint’s crew, like Long John Silver and Billy Bones. But unlike these men, absolutely no one respects him.

Abraham Gray, the one loyal sailor in the whole crew, is on his first sea voyage, fresh from the countryside. He decides to ditch Israel Hands and join Captain Smollett during their first skirmish aboard the Hispaniola because he has not spent enough time around his fellow crewmen—pirates all—to be corrupted.

Billy Bones is the hard-drinking, sea-chanty-singing pirate who first appears at the Admiral Benbow Inn seeking a quiet, out-of-the-way place to live.

Tom Redruth, Richard Joyce, John Hunter, three of Squire Trelawney’s named servants, accompany him on his voyage to Treasure Island.

The Pirate Crew

According to Robert Louis Stevenson, pirating is not just a job, it’s a way of life. By which we mean that all the pirates in this book seem to have basically the same characteristics.

Black Dog is the pale pirate, missing two fingers, who confronts Billy Bones at the Admiral Benbow Inn. Jim also sees Black Dog talking to Tom Morgan at Long John Silver’s bar, the Spy-Glass Inn.

Blind Pew is the blind pirate who delivers the black spot—a summons to appear at a certain time—to Billy Bones. After seeing Pew, Billy Bones has a sudden heart attack.

Dick and Johnny—these are two random pirates Pew calls for in confusion as he tries to escape the Admiral Benbow Inn. Because he’s blind and unfamiliar with the terrain, he gets turned around as all the pirates run off. Pew gets trampled to death by horses.

Tom Morgan is chatting with Black Dog at the Spy-Glass pub when Jim first sees him. Jim believes at first that Tom