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Kaspar Hauser: Europe's Child [Hardcover]

Martin Kitchen (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0333962141 | ISBN-13: 978-0333962145 | Publication Date: October 12, 2001

On Whit Monday 1828, a strange youth, barely able to speak and hardly able to walk appeared in Nuremberg. This new case of a "wild man" excited widespread curiosity, and many prominent figures wanted to test their pedagogical and medical theories on such a promising subject. Who was he? Was he, as many claimed, the rightful heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden, or was he simply an ingenious fraud? This book examines the many ramifications of this fascinating case, and offers many insights into the social, political and intellectual life of Biedermeier Germany.

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In this exhaustively researched book, Kitchen uses a celebrated incident from the age of Metternich...sure to appeal to a wide range of readers. Choice

About the Author

Martin Kitchen is Professor of History, Simon Fraser University.

Product Details

Hardcover: 257 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 12, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0333962141
ISBN-13: 978-0333962145
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,736,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The myth of feral man is as old as myth itself. Read the first page

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crown prince theory, homoeopathic experiments, crimes against the soul, feral men, feral man, been kept prisoner, homoeopathic medicines, wild children

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Kaspar Hauser, Philip Henry, Carl Friedrich, Countess Hochberg, Lord Stanhope, King Ludwig, Lady Hester, Congress of Vienna, New Gate, Professor Daumer, Rudolf Steiner, Anna Dalbonne, Anna Katharina, Confederation of the Rhine, Countess von Hochberg, Jakob Friedrich Binder, Kaspar Ilauser, Major von Wessenig, Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Georg Friedrich Daumer, German Confederation, Karl Marx, Lieutenant Rickel, Maximilian Josef, Anselm von Feuerbach

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Kaspar Hauser by Johann S. H. Fuhrmann on 6 pages
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Karl Marx: His Life and Environment, Fourth Edition by Sir Isaiah Berlin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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