Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children

A fascinating history of extraordinary children -- brought up by animals, raised in the wilderness, or locked up for long years in solitary confinement. Newton investigates a number of infamous cases: Peter the Wild Boy, who gripped the attention of Swift & Defoe; Victor of Aveyron, who roamed wild in the forests of revolutionary France; a savage girl lost on the streets of Paris; 2 children brought up by wolves in the jungles of India; a LA girl, who emerged from 13 years locked in a room to international celebrity; a boy brought up among monkeys in Uganda; & a child in Moscow found living with a pack of wild dogs. Newton examines the lives of these children & of the adults who rescued them, looked after them, educated, or abused them. Ill.