Savage girls and wild boys

a history of feral children

Tells the stories of feral children throughout history, including Peter the Wild Boy; Kaspar Hauser; two girls raised by wolves in India; a boy raised by monkeys in Uganda; Genie, a girl who lived for twelve years locked alone in a room in California; and others; and discusses scientists' study of related issues, such as language acquisition.

Picador
2004
9780312423353
book

Holdings

250929