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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20041201
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Byline: Marilyn Zeitlin Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

MAIENFELD, SWITZERLAND -- Millions of American schoolchildren have adored her. For that matter, so have Russian, Japanese, French, and Mexican children. The story of "Heidi" - created by Johanna Spyri - has been translated into more than 50 languages and passed down through generations. Now readers can walk through the pages of the book.

Heidi, as banners and brochures proclaim, is "Switzerland's Most Famous Girl," and she comes alive in Maienfeld, a small mountain village in southeast Switzerland, an ...

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