The Cardiff Giant. This gentle giant remains one of 19th-century America’s most legendary hoaxes. ... Greatest showman P.T. Barnum offered to buy it for $50,000, ...

In the day of all sorts of hyperbolic ventures — such as patent medicines, schemes like the Cardiff Giant, and P.T. Barnum — one more effort in this realm seems like the next logical step.

THE FABULOUS SHOWMAN (317 pp.)—Irving Wallace—Knopf ($5). It might be fitting if, at the time of their greatest embarrassment, the high-salaried humbuggers of TV were to observe a moment of ...

From the Cardiff Giant to Colorado's Solid Muldoon, giant skeletons have captivated Americans since 1869. Find out how scientists have debunked these hoaxes. ... Barnum’s Rival Cardiff Giant in New ...

The greatest showman of the day, P. T. Barnum, offered to buy the stone man from the consortium for $50,000. ... Mark Twain featured the Cardiff Giant in his 1870 ...

As a kid I viewed the Old Man of the Mountain, in the New Hampshire White Mountains. I also visited the Cardiff Giant, near the Baseball Hall of Fame. That 10-foot tall petrified man had been ...

The American showman, businessman, and politician best remembered for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus and for promoting celebrated hoaxes, such as the Feejee Mermaid, the Cardiff Giant, and ...

As the Cardiff Giant rose in popularity, it attracted the attention of showman P. T. Barnum. He offered the consortium the staggering sum of $50,000 (roughly $1 million, adjusted for inflation ...

PT Barnum tried unsuccessfully to buy it, and later had a fake Cardiff Giant made and claimed the real (hoax) giant was a fake. Eventually, the creator of the hoax, George Hull, ...