| Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children Contributor(s): Newton, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312423357 ISBN-13: 9780312423353 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Wild or feral children have fascinated us down the centuries, and continue to do so today. In a haunting and hugely readable study, Michael Newton deftly investigates a number of infamous cases. He looks at Peter the Wild Boy, who gripped the attention of Swift and Defoe, and at Victor of Aveyron who roamed the forests of revolutionary France. He tells the story of a savage girl lost on the streets of Paris; of two children brought up by wolves in the jungles of India; of a boy brought up among monkeys in Uganda; and in Moscow, of a child found living with a pack of wild dogs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | History - Social Science | Children's Studies - Psychology | Experimental Psychology |
| Dewey: 150.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wild or feral children have fascinated us down the centuries, and continue to do so today. In a haunting and hugely readable study, Michael Newton deftly investigates a number of infamous cases. He looks at Peter the Wild Boy, who gripped the attention of Swift and Defoe, and at Victor of Aveyron who roamed the forests of revolutionary France. He tells the story of a savage girl lost on the streets of Paris; of two children brought up by wolves in the jungles of India; of a boy brought up among monkeys in Uganda; and in Moscow, of a child found living with a pack of wild dogs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newton, Michael: - Michael Newton works as a freelance Hispanist. He was formerly Head of Spanish at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. |