The girl with no name : the incredible true story of a child raised by monkeys
Chapman, Marina, 1950?-2013
Books, Manuscripts
In 1954, a young girl was abducted and then abandoned in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible story of Marina Chapman, who went on to spend five years in the jungle, her only family being a troop of capuchin monkeys. Using instinct to guide her, she copied everything they did and soon learned to fend for herself. At around ten years old, a feral Marina was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her to a brothel. Beaten daily and groomed to be a prostitute, she escaped and lived as a street kid. However, Marina's life as a wild child wasn't over - in some ways, it had only just begun.
Main title:
The girl with no name : the incredible true story of a child raised by monkeys / Marina Chapman with Vanessa James and Lynne Barrett-Lee.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013.Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780576541 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.154092364.154092 CHA364.154092CHA
Local class:
364.154092 CHA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1205465