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The forbidden experiment

by Roger Shattuck

Feral childrenBiographyWild Boy of AveyronWolfskinderenEnfants sauvagesBiographiesPsychology, experimentalDevelopmental Disabilities

An account of the public life of a young boy who appeared in a French village in 1800 after living as a wild animal for most of his eleven or twelve years and of the attempts of a doctor to bring him to a civilized state.

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For young readers

Book data: Open Library