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Wild boy : the real life of the Savage of Aveyron

Mary Losure, Timothy B. Ering (Illustrator)
Presents the story of the feral boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, discovered in the mountain wilderness of Southern France in the late 18th century, and describes the attempts led by Paris physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard to civilize him
Print Book, English, 2013
Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass., 2013