Wyss, Johann David,  1743-1818 <br/><br/>
The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island 

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<br/><br/> Jean Rudolph Wyss is credited as author on title page of this edition, but his father Johann David Wyss is more commonly listed as author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson  Release date is 2011-01-01 
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<br/><br/> "The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island" by Johann David Wyss is a novel first published in 1812. When a Swiss family's ship is wrecked in the East Indies, they find themselves stranded without the crew. The parents and their four sons must reach a nearby island and build a new life from scratch. Using salvaged supplies and the island's resources, they create a settlement and face various adventures. Will they ever see civilization again, or will this island become their permanent home? (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Islands -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PT  PZ