A colossal hoax the giant from Cardiff that fooled America /

• Main Author: Tribble, Scott, 1975-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.
• Subjects: Cardiff giant.; Forgery of antiquities > History > 19th century. > Cardiff > New York (State); Impostors and imposture > History > 19th century. > Cardiff > New York (State); HISTORY > State & Local.; HISTORY > General. > State & Local; Cardiff (N.Y.) > Antiquities.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 v.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9780742564725 (electronic bk.); 074256472X (electronic bk.)

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 story and tens of thousands of Americans-including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the great showman P.T. Barnum-flocked to see the giant on exhibition. In the colossus, many saw evidence that their continent, and the tiny hamlet of Cardiff, had ties to Biblical history. American scienc.