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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers |  | Author: Maria Augusta Trapp
Brand: Harper Collins Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 23030
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: 9780060005771
ISBN: 0060005777
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.50922
EAN: 9780060005771
ASIN: 0060005777
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
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Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple words the extraordinary story of her romance with the baron, their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, and their life in America. With photographs from the original edition. Publisher: HarperCollins Author: Maria A. TrappAges: 18 and upFormat: 320 pages, paperbackISBN: 9780060005771
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 Trapp Family August 27, 2010
E. Roby (Nanuet, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have never actually seen or heard the Trapp Family Singers, but like most Americans, know their story from "The Sound of Music". This is the third copy of the book that I have bought. I lost the first, have the second and this copy is for a gift.
The real story is much more fascinating than the movie. María was a remarkable woman, but she was nothing like Julie Andrews in the movie. Their escape was made by train to Italy and then by ship to travel to the USA where they were going to go on a concert tour. Hiking through the Alps to escape certainly would not make much sense for a woman who was at that time pregnant, with two very small children as well! The number, names and ages of the children were all changed in the movie.
But I don't want to ruin the story. It is a good read if you are interested.
 I'm glad I read it long before I saw "The Sound of Music"! July 15, 2010
Nina M. Osier (Augusta, ME USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In post-World War I Austria, an orphan teenaged girl entered the convent at Nonnberg with a burning desire to serve God as a Benedictine nun. In spite of her best efforts to adapt to the contemplative life of a sister, she developed health problems that a doctor attributed to the sudden and tremendous change from the active life she had left behind. So Mother Superior decided that the would-be postulant must go back to the world for a time - just on loan, as she put it - as live-in teacher to the invalid daughter of Baron Georg von Trapp. Maria quickly grew to love not only her pupil, but the widowed Baron's other six children. When God asked her to spend the rest of her life with him, as his second wife and stepmother to his brood, it was the last thing in the world she either expected or wanted. Yet it launched her on a long, rich, and intriguing life, one that this book chronicles (up to its 1949 publication, at least).
I read this as a girl, and I loved Maria's story so much that I found I could almost quote whole passages decades later when I came across a copy and picked it up again. "The Sound of Music" is a wonderful musical and a fine film. But this, the story on which it was based, is so much better! The wealthy von Trapps lost first their fortune, and then their home and country, as the Nazis took over Europe. They learned to make their living doing what they did best together, by singing, and they had to do so in a foreign country. Faith in God, love for each other, and the love of friends saw them through. This book ought not to be missed. It's a gem.
--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of "Love, Jimmy: A Maine Veteran's Longest Battle"
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers May 10, 2010
Kathleen S. Vaccaro
Thank you! This book arrived timely & in good shape.
Have a blessed week!
Informative and humorous! February 24, 2010
D. Rheinstrom (Illinois)
I am so glad I saw a review of this book on amazon.com. Another reader recommended it, and I also loved this book. It was easy to read -I love true stories, and this one is the true story of the "Sound of Music". The book was very humorous and touching. The author's accounts of her adjustments when she arrived in America were very funny! Her life was a model of a good family life and bravery. What an artistic family!
the author also overcame many hardships in her unusual life.
Inspiring and Amazing! February 11, 2010
Julie A. Fell (Mishawaka, IN USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was very well written with a little lull in the beginning. After that I didn't want to put it down. Very easy read and food for the soul. The family's dedication to each other and God was endearing and made me re-evaluate my spirtuality. After reading this book I felt like America is truly the land where hard work can get you anywhere and opportunities are always out there. Not like the movie, even better.
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