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Heidi

Heidi( )
Author: Spyri, Johanna
Carter-Czyzewicz, Andrew
ISBN:978-1-4775-7235-1
Publication Date:Jun 2012
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.99
Book Description:

When Heidi is five years old, her aunt Dete brings her to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Her grandfather has lived by himself, angry at everyone, but he becomes fond of Heidi. Heidi becomes friends with Peter, the goatherd, and goes with him up the mountains everyday as he tends to the goats. She also becomes friends with Peter's blind grandmother. Heidi grows to love living in the mountains.A few years later, Dete comes back. She wants to take Heidi to Frankfurt to be a...
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Book Details
Pages:356
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5 x 8 x 0.81 Inches
Book Weight:1.02 Pounds
Author Biography
Spyri, Johanna (Author)
Johanna Spyri was born in the village of Hirzel, Switzerland on June 12, 1827. She was tutored at home and attended school both at home and in Zurich. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and moved to Zurich. She wrote her first story, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, in 1871. She wrote numerous stories for both children and adults, but her most famous work was Heidi, which was published in 1880. Both her husband and son died in 1884. She spent her remaining years writing, raising her niece, and doing charity work. She died on July 7, 1901.

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