Wyss Werk uber den schweizerischen Robinson. Reproduktion der Originalausgabe von 1812. Es entstand auf Basis von Robinson Crusoe und war ursprunglich nur fur die Kinder von Wyss gedacht. Erst sein Sohn veroffentlichte das Buch, das bis heute das am haufigsten ubersetzte Buch aus der Schweiz ist.

One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family-a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock-must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, this classic story of invention and adventure has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in...