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Murphy, Jim

The Giant and How He Humbugged America

112 pp. | Scholastic | October, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-69184-0 $19.99
(3) 4-6 When the Cardiff Giant was unearthed in 1869 in upstate New York, he caught the attention of the region, the nation, and P. T. Barnum, humbug extraordinaire. Was it really a petrified man? Murphy carefully delineates the events and media frenzy, the theories, and the greedy turn of events that led to the unraveling of the one of the greatest archaeological hoaxes ever perpetrated. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt

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