{"product_id":"the-swiss-family-robinson-illustrated-by-louis-rhead-9780679436409","title":"The Swiss Family Robinson: Illustrated by Louis Rhead","description":"\"For many days we had been tempest-tossed...the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom these dire opening lines, a timeless story of adventure begins. One family will emerge alive from this terrible storm: the Robinsons--a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's \u003cb\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e this heartwarming tale portrays a family's struggle to create a new life on a strange and fantastic tropical island. There each boy must learn to utilize his own unique nature as their adventures lead to difficult challenges and amazing discoveries, including a puzzling message tied to an albatross's leg. But it is in the ingenuity and authenticity of the family itself, and the natural wonders of this exotic land that have made \u003cb\u003eThe Swiss Family Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohann David Wyss (1743-1818)\u003c\/b\u003e was, like the narrator of his famous story of survival on an uninhabited island, a Swiss pastor who had four sons. It was to entertain and instruct these children that he devised the idea of the island and its plethora of natural resources, but the writing of \u003cb\u003eDer schweizerische Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is said to have been the responsibility of one of the sons, Johann Rudolf (1782-1830). First published in 1812, it was first translated into English two years later. Since then its translators have been many and they have freely adapted and expanded the original German text, making it one of the most popular novels of all time. \u003cb\u003eLouis John Rhead (1857-1926)\u003c\/b\u003e, an American artist, was born in England. He illustrated many classics of children's literature, including \u003cb\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/b\u003e (1913), \u003cb\u003eGrimms' Fairy Tales\u003c\/b\u003e (1917) and Stevenson's \u003cb\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/b\u003e (1921), all for the firm of Harper in New York. His illustrations for \u003cb\u003eThe Swiss Family Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e, 'done from sketches made in the tropics', were first published in 1909.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641399939346,"sku":"9780679436409","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f84f385b-cdc2-4da0-b2b0-767ed85174ae.jpg?v=1748528116","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-swiss-family-robinson-illustrated-by-louis-rhead-9780679436409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}