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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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A colossal hoax |b the giant from Cardiff that fooled America / |c Scott Tribble. |h [electronic resource] : |
| 260 | # | # | |a Lanham, Md. : |b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, |c c2008. |
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| 504 | # | # | |a Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 | 0 | # | |a Preface; Chapter One. A Giant in the Earth; Chapter Two. Like Wildfire; Chapter Three. The Giant Maker; Chapter Four. Cradle to the Grave; Chapter Five. Big Business; Chapter Six. Ten Thousand Stories; Chapter Seven. Ugly Questions; Chapter Eight. The Conquering Hero; Chapter Nine. The Naked Giant; Chapter Ten. War of the Stone Giants; Chapter Eleven. Hubbub; Chapter Twelve. At His Old Tricks; Chapter Thirteen. A Tall Tale; Chapter Fourteen. Coming Home; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| 520 | # | # | |a 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. |
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