The Swiss Family Robinson - Paperback
by Johann Wyss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Johann Wyss, John Seelye (Introduction by), John Seelye (Notes by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2007-05-01Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143104995ISBN-10:143104993UPC:9780143104995Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC72J1B4CH
The Swiss Family Robinson
The authoritative original English version of a beloved classic. One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143104995ISBN-10:143104993UPC:9780143104995Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC72J1B4CH
Johann Wyss (1743-1818) was, like the narrator of The Swiss Family Robinson, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. He devised the idea of the island and its plethora of natural resources as a way to entertain and instruct his children. One of his sons, Johann Rudolf (1782-1830), was an accomplished writer and poet, educator and editor who devoted himself to collecting and publishing the folklore of...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Johann Wyss, John Seelye (Introduction by), John Seelye (Notes by)
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