The Wild Boy of Burundi: A Study of an Outcast Child

by Richard Pillard, Harlan Lane, Richard C. Pillard

Hard cover book; sociology/anthropology text. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394412524
• ISBN13: 9780394412528
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

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diagnosing neglected children

Harlan Lane is a psychologist and the author of a scientific study of the 'wild boy of Aveyron,' the most famous case of a genuine feral child. In 1974 a child was discovered in Burundi, apparently living with monkeys. Lane traveled to Africa with psychiatrist Richard Pillard to study the boy, and this book is his account of his findings and attempt to reach a correct diagnosis.