Wild Boy

by Jill Dawson

Book Overview

In post-Revolution France, a child is discovered in the forests near Aveyron where he seems to have been living wild for seven years. Now 12 years old, the Wild Boy, as he becomes known, is captured,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340822961
• ISBN13: 9780340822968
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Intriguing

I picked this book up as an impulse purchase in Paris' airport. I needed something in English to read on the long journey home to Sacramento and, believe me, I wasn't disappointed! This book is a page turner and a wonderful insight into the minds of folks on a journey toward "civilizing" a child who spent most of his years in the wild. In real life, no one knows how and why Victor was sent to live in the wild; however, these were revolutionary times in France when people disappeared without a trace. Were his parents casualties of the "reign of terror" or was he abandoned to fend for himself in the wild before he was "rescued." This is a great book that I'd recommend to anyone interested in the human condition and/or history.