Omgosh, when my son and I read Swiss Family Robinson, and we are both kinda Swiss, we laughed our heads off all the time. You can tell it was written on cold Swiss days inside by a fire where the author had some nature books and made up everything not in the books. The snake walking up the path erect! The fact that Of Course a Swiss on a tropical island would find some “wild potatoes” growing that could form the base of their diet. Enjoy! It’s sweet.
I have to roll my eyes at some of the things in the book. As a graduate of AF Survival School, I've spent days trying to find something other than bugs to eat. These folks just stumble into lobsters, potatoes, wild birds, turtle eggs, coconuts, and pineapples. Everything they find is ripe.