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84. Maria Von Trapp

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 06:41 AM

Dec 2012

wrote several books besides The Story of The Trapp Family Singers, including an autobiography, Maria. A Family on Wheels: Further Adventures of the Trapp Family Singers was an interesting sequel to The Story of The Trapp Family Singers.

There were a lot of inaccuracies in The Sound of Music which is too bad because the true story is pretty interesting. I definitely recommend these 3 specific books. She was an amazing person who was not afraid to try new things and take new risks as an older woman. I actually had a chance to meet her years ago at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont.

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The Sound of Music. Great story. Great applegrove Dec 2012 #2

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It was so funny how I got to meet her. avebury Dec 2012 #94

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