Download or read book The Wild Child written by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kept in a dungeon for his entire childhood, Kaspar Hauser appeared in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1828 at age sixteen, barely able to walk or talk. When he was killed in 1833, his true identity and the motives for his unsolved murder became the subjects of intense speculation. This provocative essay sheds new light on this mystery and delves into fundamental questions about the long-term effects of child abuse.