In the Swiss Family Robinson book, how did the Robinson family get on the island?
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Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The crew of the ship is lost, but the family and a number of domestic animals survive. They make their way to shore where they build a settlement, undergoing a number of adventures before they are rescued; some of them refuse rescue and remain on the island.
The Swiss Family Robinson
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Frontispiece from the 1851 American edition by John Gilbert
Author
Johann David Wyss
Original title
Der Schweizerische Robinson
Translator
William H. G. Kingston
Illustrator
Johann Emmanuel Wyss
Country
Switzerland
Language
German
Genre
Adventure fiction
Publisher
Johann Rudolph Wyss (the author's son)
Publication date
1812
Media type
Print (Hardcover and paperback)
Pages
323
The book is the most successful of a large number of "castaway novels" that were written in response to the success of Robinson Crusoe. It has gone through a large number of
As the ship tosses about, William prays that God will spare them. The ship survives the night and the family finds themselves within sight of a tropical desert island. The next morning, they decide to get to the island they can see beyond the reef. With much effort, they construct a vessel out of tubs.