A Swiss pastor, his wife and their four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Jack and Francis, are left aboard a wrecked ship and float ashore on an unknown island in tubs. With the ship’s stores, a troop of animals and endless ingenuity, they build a home, explore the island and learn its plants and creatures, the father teaching as they go.
The story that became The Swiss Family Robinson, in an early English rendering with its moral lessons intact. Download the free EPUB.