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American Goliath

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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 …

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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.

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"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 …"

— Margaret

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