586 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 1853 by Published by M.F. Tooker.
The Swiss family Robinson
or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons in a desert island ; the genuine progress of the story forming a clear illustration of the first principles of natural history, and many branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life. To which are added, notes of reference, explanatory of the subjects treated of. From seventh London edition.
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A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history.
