The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss. Read by James Conlan. With music by Kevin MacLoed. Unabridged CD audiobook.
The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys, establish farms and plantations, and finally, have a terrifying encounter with natives from a nearby island.
Good story, well read
The story is great, though much of it is almost the same story as Mysterious Island, and the narrator is pleasant to listen to. Very entertaining on a long drive.
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The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss. Read by James Conlan. With music by Kevin MacLoed. Unabridged CD audiobook.
