The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Maria Augusta Trapp
- First Published: 1949
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to 1949
- Setting: Austria and the United States, particularly Vermont
- Principal Characters: Maria, Captain Von Trapp, The Trapp Children, Reverend Mother
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Music or musicians, Autobiography, Marriage, World War II, Nazism or Nazis, Austria or Austrians, Nuns, Child care
- Locales: Vermont, Austria
Form and Content
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers is a chronological account of a portion of the life of Maria Augusta Trapp, beginning with her late teens and concluding with the death of her husband and the naming of their family’s new home in Stowe, Vermont, as “Cor Unum” (one heart). The first part of this autobiography is set in Austria between the World Wars and ends with the increasing dominance of a Nazi agenda, which precipitates the family’s seeking refuge in the United States. The second half of the book chronicles the difficulties of the family...
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