The Giant and how he humbugged America
A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall., petrified model of a man, which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into motion a money-making spectacle.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall., petrified model of a man, which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into motion a money-making spectacle. |
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| Physical Description: | 112 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780439691840 (hbk.) 0439691842 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Jim Murphy was the celebrated author of more than thirty-five books for young readers, most notably Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting and The Great Fire , a Newbery Honor Winner. His carefully researched, engaging, and elegantly written nonfiction garnered the most prestigious awards in the field. |
