The Giant and how he humbugged America

The Giant and how he humbugged America / Jim Murphy.

Author/creator	Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Scholastic Press, 2012.
Description	112 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subject(s)	Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Juvenile literature. Cardiff giant--Juvenile literature. Forgery of antiquities--New York (State) --Cardiff --Juvenile literature. Cardiff (N.Y.)--Antiquities --Juvenile literature. New York (State)--Antiquities --Juvenile literature.

Contents	The discovery -- Word spreads -- The scientists' opinions -- Open for business -- Changes -- Embarrassing accusations -- The ugly truth -- A giant move -- Enter Barnum -- Giant problems all around -- A giant farewell -- A final resting place -- Other famous hoaxes -- A word about my research.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.
Spec. audience char.	Grades 2-6.
LCCN	2011036798
ISBN	9780439691840 (hbk.)
ISBN	0439691842 (hbk.)