Cardiff Giant Sources

Pictures:

Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum

The Real P.T. Barnum

The two side by side

Cardiff Giant pic 1

Cardiff Giant pic 2

Cardiff Giant pic 3

Cardiff Giant pic 4 (black box)

Cardiff Giant pic 5 (full frontal)

P.T. Barnum’s copy

Sources:

Andrews, Evan. “The Cardiff Giant Fools the Nation, 145 Years Ago” History.

Anonymous. The American Goliah.

“The Cardiff Giant.” In Search of History.

“The Cardiff Giant.” The Museum of Hoaxes.

“Cardiff Giant.” Wikipedia.

Eschner, Kat. “The Cardiff Giant Was Just a Big Hoax.” Smithsonian.

Ferrara, Sue. “Living in Oz's Many Settings.” The Post-Standard.

Gould, Stephen Jay. “The Creation Myths of Cooperstown” Natural History (pre-1988).

“Solid Muldoon.” Wikipedia.

Szalay, Jessie. “Cardiff Giant: 'America's Biggest Hoax.'” Live Science.

“We Might Be (Cardiff) Giants”