The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music"

The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music"
by William Anderson

The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music"
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Author: William Anderson
Brand: STL Distributors
Photographer: David Wade
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05
ISBN: 1890757004
Number of pages: 168
Publisher: Anderson Wade Pubns

Book Reviews of The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music"

Book Review: This book is great....
Summary: 5 Stars

....because I find so many information about the Trapp Familiy which I don't know. I saw the two german movies from 1956 und 1958 and the american from 1965, and I like all this films.

The pictures make it easy to read.

But there is something, that I don't like. Martina, who died in 1951. Maria Augusta wrote only one and a half sentences about her stepdaughter. Why had she done that ?

Good, that I've read "Yesterday, Today and Forever", so I know the tragedy of Martina's death.

...

Summary of The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music"

Immortalized in "The Sound of Music", the Von Trapp Family fled Hitler-invaded Austria to start new lives in America as the Trapp Family Singers. Their dramatic story is updated with information about the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, where the singers conduct music camps and plan their world concert tours.

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