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It was argued in a Master's thesis that this novel dramatically changed the public's perception of pirates, with much of what people believe about pirates originating from this book.
So I began researching it. And in my master's, I argued that it was the book Treasure Island that changed our perception and that all pop culture came from that novel.
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It was argued in a Master's thesis that this novel dramatically changed the public's perception of pirates, with much of what people believe about pirates originating from this book.
So I began researching it. And in my master's, I argued that it was the book Treasure Island that changed our perception and that all pop culture came from that novel.
It comes out in 1883 and it was written by Robert Louis Stevenson, who used the book A General History of the Pirates as his research.