November 13 is Treasure Island Day: there was a real Island with a true story of buried treasure

Tomorrow on Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday, Treasureislandday.com pays tribute to nineteen locations in America, the Caribbean, and Europe, that played a role in the epic story of the real Treasure Island

 

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Treasure Island Day / Robert Louis Stevenson Day

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 12, 2012 - In 1750, a huge treasure was loaded aboard the galleon,Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, at Veracruz, Mexico. Captain Juan Manuel Bonilla thought it would be a routine trip home but his galleon was caught in a hurricane after departing Havana, Cuba. On August 29, 1750, Bonilla found himself at the desolate shores of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. With no masts or rudder, the storm-battered ship was unable to sail on to Spain. Owen Lloyd and his one-legged brother, John, two merchant captains from Hampton Roads, Virginia, whose own vessel had been driven to Ocracoke, formed a conspiracy and stole the silver from the galleon. Owen Lloyd sailed away with fifty-five chests of pieces of eight which he buried on Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands on November 13, 1750. It just so happened to be on the same day that would be later remembered as Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday.

This incredible story has its roots in the Caribbean, America, and in Europe. It was only recently that maritime historian, John Amrhein, Jr., completed his ten year odyssey in the archives of Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean, uncovering a treasure trove of documents that tell the story of the real Treasure Island.

It was a crude treasure map drawn by Robert Louis Stevenson’s stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, that was the initial inspiration for Treasure Island. Stevenson incorporated that map, with his own embellishments, into his story. It was the map of Treasure Island dated August 1, 1750, discovered in a sea chest belonging to a dead pirate named Billy Bones that launched the treasure hunt that became the story’s main plot. This map has become the most famous treasure map in the world.

Treasure Island has been made into numerous movies and plays. The book is required reading in many schools today. If not for the true story of buried treasure and its influence on Robert Louis Stevenson, there probably would not be a Pirates of the Caribbean today.

For all of you wanna-be pirates and free spirits, drop by TreasureIslandday.comand take the world tour of one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.

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"Audie: The Rabbit with Magical Ears" - New Children's Book by Old Nana

Audie - The Rabbit with Magical Ears

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 12, 2012 -
Audie: The Rabbit with Magical Ears one day hears something very bad happening. His very sensitive ears pick up the sound of someone being bullied.  Should he ignore it, or do something to help? This is a hard decision to make, because we are often afraid to step into a bad situation.

This very special Christmas story features Audie as he meets Santa Claus. What can they do together to stop a bully?

Bullying is an ongoing issue and many choose to simply ignore it. This book is dedicated to all the children, young and old, who are brave.

About the Author:
Old Nana grew up in a household filled with love and the laughter of children, and it is from children that she receives the inspiration for her writing. “Their creativity and curiosity expand my creativity and curiosity.” Why is she called Old Nana? Because she has lived long enough to confirm the existence of the ordinary and the extraordinary magic of life. Old Nana lives in the Midwest on a lake, where she shapes her wonderful stories. This is Old Nana’s third book. Her next is about Mazz-Mazz-Razz-Ma-Tazz, Mazz for short, and Sara-Tara-Clara-Farrah, Sara for short.  

AUDIE: THE RABBIT WITH MAGICAL EARS (ISBN: 978-1-62212-717-7) is now available for $11.50 and can be ordered through the publisher’s website:
sbpra.com/OldNana or at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

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"Living Among Fairies" - Fairies Enchant in Storybook Tales

Do you ever speak to yourself? Do you ever get an answer? Perhaps you’re really speaking to the fairies!

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Living Among Fairies

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 05, 2012 -
Do you ever speak to yourself? Do you ever get an answer? Perhaps you’re really speaking to the fairies!

Being invited into the Fairy Kingdom is quite an honor. In the charming new storybook Living Among Fairies, Werbel McGuthrie was once a Scottish laird whose passion was fishing. Throughout his later years, he was considered a little strange, because he would sit at a particular ewe tree for hours upon end “speaking to the breeze.” But Werbel was not really speaking to the breeze, he was making contact with the local elves.

The stories in Living Among Fairies are a tiny sampling of the encounters Werbel had with the fairies and their friends. Many tales about fairies are quite well known, but these are far beyond what has been written before. It is said that poets utter great and wise things that they do not themselves understand. Perhaps it is a bit of the fairy within them speaking. Meet the characters in this enchanting storybook and smile!

LIVING AMONG FAIRIES (ISBN: 978-1-60976-945-1) is now available for $25.50 and can be ordered through the publisher’s website: sbpra.com/BrianJamesSingleton or at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

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About the Author: Brian James Singleton was born into a large family surrounded by five brothers and six sisters. Most nights were passed by listening to and narrating fantastic stories about ghosts, leprechauns, and fairies.

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Do you really love  fairies