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The Giant and How He Humbugged America

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When a 10-foot tall purported “petrified man” is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in 1869, the discovery right away turns into a spectacle of epic proportions. News of the giant spreads like wildfire, and well over a thousand people come to view him within the first five days by myself!

Everyone has their very own idea of his true origin: Is he an ancient member of the local Onandaga Indian tribe? Is he a biblical giant like Goliath? Soon the interests of world-renowned scientists and people from world wide are piqued as arguments flare over who he’s, where he came from, and if he’s real–or only a hoax.

In a riveting account of how the Cardiff Giant mystery snowballed into one in every of The united states’s biggest money-making spectacles–and scams–Jim Murphy masterfully explores the ability of 19th-century media and the unexpected ripple effect that a single corrupt mastermind can produce when given a stage.

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