Standiford, Natalie.

The stone giant : a hoax that fooled America / by Natalie Standiford ; illustrated by Bob Doucet. - New York : Golden Books, c2001. - 44 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm. - Road to reading. Mile 4 First chapter book .

"A Golden book"--T.p. verso.

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Describes the Cardiff Giant hoax, in which people of upstate New York were fooled into believing that the petrified form of a giant human being had been uncovered from the ground in 1869.

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ISBN: 0307464040 0758755902 (BWI bdg.) 0307264041 (pbk.) 0329241389

LCCN: 99085989

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cardiff giant.
Forgery of antiquities--New York (State)--Cardiff.
Cardiff giant.
Swindlers and swindling.
Cardiff giant.
Forgery.
Swindlers and swindling.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cardiff (N.Y.)--Antiquities.

LC Class. No.: F129.C27 / S83 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 974.7/65