Name/Title
Swiss Family RobinsonEntry/Object ID
2013-001-0001Description
The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked ien route to Port Jackson, Australia. In the novel a minister, his wife, and their four sons are shipwrecked and become castaways on an island in the East Indies. Although they have lost almost everything in the shipwreck, they are so resourceful at constructing a life for themselves on the island that, when rescue comes, they decline to leave their refuge and their happy life.
Book belonged to Benjamin and Mary Urman Jacobson.
Blue cloth binding with yellow/gold colored spine print. 371 pages. Hardcover. 5" x 7.5"Book Details
Author
Johann Rudolf WyssEdition
Art-TypePlace Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1938 - 1960Publication Language
EnglishNotes
Date: 1940s-1950s circa
Copy No.: 1Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Benjamin JacobsonPerson or Organization
Mary Urman Jacobson
