Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 3
4. Telling Stories of Wild Children
5. The Accounts 15
6. The List, the Class, the Story-Form 42
7. Of Savages, Philosophers, and Naturalists
8. Peter of Hanover and the Wild Girl of Songi 73
9. The Debates 106
10. Civilizing the Savage, Educating the Child
11. The Wild Boy of Aveyron 143
12. Victor’s Afterlife 185
13. Variations on a Theme: Brutalization, Abuse, and Freedom
14. Wolf Children 215
15. Confinement and Freedom 244
16. Epilogue: The Other Child 265
17. Appendix: Lists of Wild Children 271
18. Acknowledgments 281
19. Notes 283
20. Bibliography 349
21. Index 381