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The Stone Giant

(2000)
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A true story about one of the greatest hoaxes ever. . . . In the 19th century, a man named George Hull carved a ten-foot-tall stone giant. He secretly buried it in the ground, then had it dug up, causing a huge sensation-- people believed it was a genuine petrified man! The hoax grew bigger and bigger, and before long, P.T. Barnum got in on the action. When would America learn the truth?


Genre: Children's Fiction

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