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01648cam a2200385 a 4500 001 BB7E4E502AF411DEBA9D0F07A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20161116010312 008 970421s1997 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 97015344 020 $a 9780312167714 020 $a 0312167717 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d OCL $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d KAY $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3560.A25 $b A8 1997 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 21 084 $a 18.06 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Jacobs, Harvey. 245 1 $a American Goliath : $b inspired by the true, incredible events surrounding the mysterious marvel known to the astonished world as the Cardiff giant / $c Harvey Jacobs. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 1997. 300 $a 346 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Forgery of antiquities $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cardiff giant $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New York (State) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 5 952 $l F3OX522 $d 20180524035045.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106024322.0 952 $l YSPD232 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l RUPC135 $m F Ja $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB7E4E502AF411DEBA9D0F07A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search