The forbidden experiment
Subtitle: the story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron
By: Roger Shattuck ; with a new introduction by Douglas Keith Candland.
Series: Kodansha globe
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Feral children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography
Description: A haunting account by an award-winning cultural historian that addresses still pertinent issues, such as nature vs. nurture, the acquisition of language in children, and the socialization of deaf and mute children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218).
Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1980. With new introd.