Wild Boy The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

Name: Wild Boy The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron
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ISBN: 9780763656690

ISBN-10: 0763656690

ISBN-13: 9780763656690

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mary Losure, Timothy Basil Ering

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What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author ofThe Fairy Ring.One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food, and was covered with scars. In the village square, people gathered around, gaping and jabbering in words the boy didn’t understand. And so began the curious public life of the boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, whose journey took him all the way to Paris. Though the wild boy’s world was forever changed, some things stayed the same: sometimes, when the mountain winds blew, "he looked up at the sky, made sounds deep in…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English