''The Castaways of the Flag'' (french: Seconde patrie, lit. ''Second Fatherland'',

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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adventure novel Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the Introduction to the ''Encycloped ...

written by Jules Verne. The two volumes of the novel were initially published in English translation as two separate volumes: ''Their Island Home'' and ''The Castaways of the Flag''. Later reprints were published as ''The Castaways of the Flag''. The story is a sequel to the 1812 book ''

The Swiss Family Robinson ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'') is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwre ...

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Johann Wyss Johann David Wyss (; 28 May 1743 – 11 January 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (''Der schweizerische Robinson'') (1812). He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Dan ...

, picking up where that novel leaves off.

Publication history

*May 1923, ''Their Island Home'' and ''The Castaways of the Flag'', London: Sampson Low

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* Title ''The Castaways of the Flag: The Final Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson * Authors Jules Verne,

Johann David Wyss Johann David Wyss (; 28 May 1743 – 11 January 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (''Der schweizerische Robinson'') (1812). He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Dan ...

* Editor S. Low, Marston, 1923 * 242 pages

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