
The Giant and How He Humbugged America
By Jim Murphy
Edition
By Jim Murphy
Hardcover edition
Publisher Scholastic Imprint Scholastic ISBN9780439691840
Awards and Honors NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2013, ReferenceThe Giant and How He Humbugged America

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In 1869, an upstate New York farmer dug up a ten-foot-tall “petrified man,” thus beginning one of the biggest moneymaking spectacles—and scams—in America. Cast of characters. Other famous hoaxes. Author’s note regarding his research. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
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