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Author Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

Title The giant and how he humbugged America / by Jim Murphy.

Publication Info. New York : Scholastic Press, 2012.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 974.7 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J974.7 MUR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 974.765 MUR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 974.7 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 974.765 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 974.765 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J974.76 MUR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J UNITED STATES 974.7 MUR    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J 974.765 MUR    DUE 05-04-24
Edition First edition.
Description 112 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The discovery -- Word spreads -- The scientists' opinions -- Open for business -- Changes -- Embarrassing questions -- The ugly truth -- A giant move -- Enter Barnum -- Giant problems all around -- A giant farewell -- A final resting place.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.7 4.0 154476.
Subject Cardiff giant -- Juvenile literature.
Cardiff (N.Y.) -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
New York (State) -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Forgery of antiquities -- New York (State) -- Cardiff -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780439691840 hardcover alkaline paper
0439691842 hardcover alkaline paper
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