"Savage Girl"
Jean Zimmerman
A historical novel that bounces between Virginia City, Nevada and New York City in the 1870s. The storyline hinges on the theory of nature vs. nurture and the work of Charles Darwin. Could Jean Zimmerman’s “Savage Girl” be nurtured into high society? Could the wild child that she was in Virginia City be denied her DNA, as it were? The characters face many hardships during this human experiment ending in a twist that was worth the wait. Great nod to history...Teddy Roosevelt, future U.S. president, Henry James, author, and William James, doctor, who studied the burgeoning science of psychology at Harvard. As the nation struggles with the aftermath of the Civil War, industrialization and the greed that comes with monopolizing the markets, the “Savage Girl” is navigating the salons of Manhattan. Great juxtaposition of good and evil throughout the novel.
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