Savage Girls and Wild Boys : A History of Feral Children
288pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Pages tanned. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some mild shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo. A history of wild or feral children, those brought up by animals, those who grew up in wilderness, or locked up for long years in solitary confinement, examining their lives, and of those adults who either rescued them or abused them.
