The Swiss Family Robinson - Paperback
by Johann Wyss
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Yearling BooksISBN-13:9780440415947ISBN-10:440415942UPC:9780440415947Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Action & Adventure, FamilySize:7.64 x 5.19 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCNNQM3SV9
The Swiss Family Robinson
"For many days we had been tempest-tossed...the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost." From these dire opening lines, a timeless story of adventure begins. One family will emerge alive from this terrible storm: the Robinsons--a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, this...
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yearling BooksISBN-13:9780440415947ISBN-10:440415942UPC:9780440415947Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Action & Adventure, FamilySize:7.64 x 5.19 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCNNQM3SV9
Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was a clergyman in Berne, Switzerland. A former military chaplain, Wyss spoke four languages, loved nature, and was deeply involved in the raising of his four boys, reading to them and taking them on hikes and hunting trips. To teach them moral lessons and entertain them, he read them a story he had written about a family just like theirs (each boy in the story is...
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