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The Girl with No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
Marina Chapman
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Description for The Girl with No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
Paperback. In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. At around ten years old, a completely feral Marina Chapman was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her to a brothel. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
`It all happened so quickly. One minute I was squatting on the bare earth, preoccupied with popping pea pods. The next, I saw the flash of a black hand and white cloth, and before I even had a chance to cry out it had sailed towards my face, and completely covered it . . .' In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible true story of Marina Chapman, who went on to spend several years alone in ... Read more
`It all happened so quickly. One minute I was squatting on the bare earth, preoccupied with popping pea pods. The next, I saw the flash of a black hand and white cloth, and before I even had a chance to cry out it had sailed towards my face, and completely covered it . . .' In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible true story of Marina Chapman, who went on to spend several years alone in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd Edinburgh
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780576541
SKU
V9781780576541
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About Marina Chapman
Marina Chapman was born in Colombia, South America, around 1950. Her real date and exact location of birth are unknown. She has now made her home in Bradford, where she has lived since she was 27. Her greatest joy in life is being a grandmother to three, a mother to two daughters, and a wife of ... Read more
Reviews for The Girl with No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
Marina Chapman's astonishing story . . . has intrigued the nation
Daily Mail
An inspiring life story
Sunday Telegraph
The amazing story of a Bradford housewife that has more to do with Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan than David Hockney's home city in West Yorkshire
Sunday Times
Daily Mail
An inspiring life story
Sunday Telegraph
The amazing story of a Bradford housewife that has more to do with Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan than David Hockney's home city in West Yorkshire
Sunday Times