The Truth about Treasure Island

In 1891 Joe Strong Moved With His Wife And Child To Samoa To Live With Robert Louis Stevenson At Vailima A Plantation That Stevenson Was Carving Out Of The Wilderness. Joe'S Wife Was Stevenson'S Step-Daughter. Joe And Louis Had Been Friends For Years And Were Close In Age And Temperament. Joe Was A Painter Who Had Studied In Germany And Was Also An Early Photographer. Joe Had Been There Before And Upon Returning Immediately Resumed An Affair With A Native Girl A Sava Dancer Whom He Loved. He And All Of The Stevenson Clan Became Intimately Involved With The Power Struggle Between A Rebel Leader And The King Who Was Appointed By The Germans There. And War Was Immanent.