The Swiss Family Robinson

By Johann Wyss

By Johann David Wyss

By Johann David Wyss

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Paperback $8.99

Apr 13, 1999 | 336 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About 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 heartwarming tale portrays a family’s struggle to create a new life on a strange and fantastic tropical island. There each boy must learn to utilize his own unique nature as their adventures lead to difficult challenges and amazing discoveries, including a puzzling message tied to an albatross’s leg. But it is in the ingenuity and authenticity of the family itself, and the natural wonders of this exotic land that have made The Swiss Family Robinson, first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.

    About 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 heartwarming tale portrays a family’s struggle to create a new life on a strange and fantastic tropical island. There each boy must learn to utilize his own unique nature as their adventures lead to difficult challenges and amazing discoveries, including a puzzling message tied to an albatross’s leg. But it is in the ingenuity and authenticity of the family itself, and the natural wonders of this exotic land that have made The Swiss Family Robinson, first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.

    About 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 heartwarming tale portrays a family’s struggle to create a new life on a strange and fantastic tropical island. There each boy must learn to utilize his own unique nature as their adventures lead to difficult challenges and amazing discoveries, including a puzzling message tied to an albatross’s leg. But it is in the ingenuity and authenticity of the family itself, and the natural wonders of this exotic land that have made The Swiss Family Robinson, first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.

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    About Johann Wyss

    Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) was a clergyman in Bern, 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… More about Johann Wyss

    About Johann David Wyss

    Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was, like the narrator of his famous story of survival on an uninhabited island, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. It was to entertain and instruct these children that he devised the idea of the… More about Johann David Wyss

    About Johann David Wyss

    Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was, like the narrator of his famous story of survival on an uninhabited island, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. It was to entertain and instruct these children that he devised the idea of the… More about Johann David Wyss

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Yearling
    Apr 13, 1999 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780440415947

    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Feb 01, 1992 | 368 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780553214031

    Ebook
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Mar 25, 2008 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780553904772

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