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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
AIR HEADS Part One
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I suppose it seemed like a good idea in the beginning. There were three serious contestants, and a $50,000 first place prize. But in ret...
Sunday, March 22, 2015
THE GIANT KILLER Part Five
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I take it as a sign of how low a reputation George Hull had earned even before the Cardiff Giant, that he dare not let the public suspe...
Friday, March 20, 2015
THE GIANT KILLER Part Four
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I know that both Phineas T. Barnum and George Hull each possessed “the ingenuity to dupe, diddle, defraud and gull a whole continent.” B...
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