The stone giant

Description:

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.

subjects: Cardiff giant,  Antiquities,  Forgery of antiquities,  Swindlers and swindling,  Juvenile literature

Places: Cardiff,  Cardiff (N.Y.),  New York (State)