A colossal hoax the giant from Cardiff that fooled America /
In October 1869, as America stood on the brink of becoming a thoroughly modern nation, workers unearthed what appeared to be a petrified ten-foot giant on a remote farm in upstate New York. The discovery caused a sensation. Over the next several months, newspapers devoted daily headlines to the stor...
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
c2008.
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