The Swiss Family Robinson
Author: Johann David Wyss, Scott McKowen, Arthur Pober
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 345
ISBN: 9781402726026
Language: English
Publisher: Sterling
Release Date: October 28, 2006
The Robinsons leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things do not turn out as they had expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith as they struggle to survive and create a civilization of their own in the wilderness.
Note: This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a brief author's biography and an afterword that provides important context about the work.
