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The Swiss Family Robinson

When a Swiss couple and their four sons are shipwrecked on an isolated island, they adapt to their "New Switzerland" using many imaginative methods of farming and animal taming.

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Main Author:	Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
Other Authors:	Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880, Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 1989, c1949.
Series:	Illustrated junior library
Subjects:	Family life > Juvenile fiction. Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:	When a Swiss couple and their four sons are shipwrecked on an isolated island, they adapt to their "New Switzerland" using many imaginative methods of farming and animal taming.
Physical Description:	388 p. [43] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0448060221 9780448060224
Author Notes:	Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was, like the narrator of his famous story, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. He is best remembered for Swiss Family Robinson which it is said was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and which became an international classic bestseller.