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Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

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Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The 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 didnâ€™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 boyâ€™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 his throat, and gave great bursts of laughter." In a moving work of narrative nonfiction that reads like a novel, Mary Losure invests another compelling story from history with vivid and arresting new life.
Country USA
Brand Candlewick Press
Manufacturer Candlewick
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-03-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780763656690

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