The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 22, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- Maria Augusta Trapp recounts her family’s story in her own words, beyond the familiar musical.
- Themes
- Romance and family, Escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, Life in America
- Genres
- Musicians' Lives, Lives in History, Personal Memoirs
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With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold.
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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. Now with photographs from the original edition.
Beyond the Familiar
Maria Augusta Trapp recounts her family’s story in her own words, beyond the familiar musical.
Come here for
- A firsthand view beyond the familiar musical
- Romance, escape, and a life in America
Expect
- Maria Augusta Trapp’s simple, personal account
- Photographs from the original edition
Where it sits
| Musicians' Lives | 63% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 42% |
| Lives in History | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women Artists
- Musicians' Lives
- Lives in Entertainment
- Political Lives
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- Religious Lives
- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- German History
- Authors
- Maria A. Trapp
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 22, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Romance and family · Escape from Nazi-occupied Austria · Life in America
- Reading lane
- Women Artists