American Goliath
Subtitle: inspired by the true, incredible events surrounding the mysterious marvel known to the astonished world as the Cardiff giant
By: Harvey Jacobs.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780312167714
Subjects: Forgery of antiquities -- Fiction; Cardiff giant -- Fiction; New York (State) -- Fiction
Description: A fictionalized account of the 1869 Cardiff Giant hoax perpetrated by George Hull, heir to a cigar fortune. On hearing reports that giants may have inhabited prehistoric America, he has sculptors make a huge statue, buries it on a farm in Cardiff, New York, and digs it up, claiming a find. Lots of people fall for it.