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Mar 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The swiss family robinson is a novel by johann david wyss, first published in 1812, about a swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to port jackson, australia, goes off course and is shipwrecked in the east indies. Now the father, mother, and their four young sons find themselves. You can search for books based on lexile codes, which provide information on the book s intended usage, or find books that are easy to decode or have a lot of. Editions of the swiss family robinson by johann david wyss. Wyss story details the struggle to survive and the values found in cooperating with others. Another son, johann emmanuel wyss, illustrated the book. The swiss family robinson alaska digital library overdrive. A family is shipwrecked on an island, and they adapt to their new home using many imaginative methods of farming and.
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