William Tell

by Leonard Everett Fisher

Legend has it that early in the fourteenth century, when the Swiss were oppressed by Austrian Hapsburg rulers, one man stood up to the tyrants. His name was William Tell. William Tell was appalled that his people were forced to kneel to the hat of their govenor, and he refused to do so. His punishment was severe: An apple was placed on his son's head, and Tell was told to shoot it. If his arrow found its mark, the had would be removed from the town...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374384363
• ISBN13: 9780374384364
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3