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

William Anderson (Author), David Wade (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1998

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Anderson Wade Pubns; 1st edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890757004
• ISBN-13: 978-1890757007
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > History > Europe > Central Europe

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, August 15, 2000

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Kelli (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music" (Paperback)

This book is a really great behind-the-scenes type book about the real Von Trapp family. Fans of the movie may not like it as much, because there isn't very much stuff written about the making of the SOM. However, it really gives you a very clear picture of the way the story reall was without detracting from the magic of the movie.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The real Sound of Music, February 4, 2006

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M. Rebecca Neal "Rebecca" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music" (Paperback)

I had the opportuntiy to buy this book last fall when I saw the grandchildren of Maria Von Trapp in concert at the Dollywood theme park. Having read the account by Maria in her book "The story of the Trapp Family Singers" as a child I was fully aware that the movie and the real story were not identical, however the liberties of the movie version aside this book is a delight for anyone who loves the story and music of the Von Trapps. It gives you a first hand insight to what the family went through from the Natzi's to the building of their inn in Vermont to the rebuilding of it after it was destory by fire. The photography is superb and the history of this family is one I have enjoyed for years and will for years to come. I can hardly wait til next Christmas to add the Von Trapp Children CD to my holiday music enjoyment.

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great...., June 6, 2003

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Almuth Loidl (Europa, Österreich) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World of the Trapp Family: The Life Story of the Legendary Family Who Inspired "The Sound of Music" (Paperback)

....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.

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