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Jacobs, Harvey was born on January 7, 1930 in New York City. Son of Lou and Laura (Stern) Jacobs.
(World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel! A fantastic...)
World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel! A fantastical novel based on the story of America's greatest hoax, "the Cardiff Giant"—shows up even the legendary P.T.Barnum! All with a great twist from award-winning author Harvey Jacobs, called "one of the country's most accomplished authors" by Kirkus Reviews. Gaze upon the ancient giant turned to stone! Hear him speak! In 1868, George Hull heard a sermon proclaiming America to be the land of Genesis, home to the "Giants in the earth." Scion of a wealthy New York family of cigar makers, Hull set out to prove that sermon right. And thus was born the Cardiff Giant. "Found" on Stubby Newell's farm in Cardiff, New York, in 1869, Goliath soon created more of a stir than any of P.T.Barnum's great exhibits — which, of course, piqued the interest of the Great Showman himself, who was never to be outdone when it came to separating suckers from their riches... The tale of Goliath and his creator is a witty, raucous, and bawdy tale of American life at its finest. Step right up and see! PRAISE FOR AMERICAN GOLIATH An inspired novel. —TIME Magazine A masterpiece...arguably this year's best novel. —Kirkus Reviews. A wonderfully engrossing read. . . . I recommend it to everyone who has given up of ever again being entertained at such a high level of aspiration. —Michael Moorcock, SFWA Grandmaster Bells clanging, lights aflash, the plot's ball bangs and rebounds. . . . A wonderful and wonderfully funny book. —James Sallis LA Times His characters are haunting. . . . I have rarely enjoyed finding a writer as much as I have enjoyed my own discovery of Jacobs. —Robert Cromie Chicago Tribune He manages to satirize our all-too-human foibles and failures without becoming too blackly unforgiving. —Thomas M. Disch Washington Post Quietly amused, wry approach that gives distinction to Mr. Jacobs' work . . . his dry humor would be hard to improve on. —Elizabeth Easton The Saturday Review A bawdy, joyous romp . . . it's a wonderful book. —Jack Dann Look upon the amazing world of Harvey Jacobs! Come one, come all, for an experience never to be forgotten! —Fred Chappell Like Doctorow's Ragtime and George R. R. Martin's Fevre Dream, it's totally realized. —Howard Waldrop A great book should aspire (and succeed) in making you laugh, making you cry and just maybe, making you think. . . . Harvey's novels will do all that. —John Pelan About Harvey Jacobs Harvey Jacobs is the award-winning author of "American Goliath" ("An inspired novel"—TIME Magazine). His short fiction has appeared in a wide spectrum of magazines in the USA and abroad including Esquire, The Paris Review, Playboy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, New Worlds, and many anthologies. In addition to the novels and short stories, he has written widely for television, the Earplay Project for radio drama, and helped create and name the Obie Awards for the Village Voice. He was publisher of the counterculture newspaper, East. He received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a New York Arts Council CAPS award for drama, a Playboy Fiction Award, and a Writers Guild of America script award.
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(A novel set in the not-too-distant future about a relucta...)
A novel set in the not-too-distant future about a reluctant rebel's defiance of his role in a bar coded society. A "small press" success story and something of a cult hit in the USA, also published in the UK and in German translation. Author Harvey Jacobs other books include American Goliath, The Juror, Summer On A Mountain Of Spices, The Egg of the Glak and other Stories. His stories appear in some 40+ anthologies ranging from "mainstream" to science fiction.
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(The mythic discovery of the Cardiff Giant, a stone man of...)
The mythic discovery of the Cardiff Giant, a stone man of gigantic proportions, in 1869 by well-diggers in upstate New York continues to thrill Americans. And, after years, his story proves that it can still pack the house.
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( The slumbering giant awakens! In 1869, well-diggers in ...)
The slumbering giant awakens! In 1869, well-diggers in upstate New York discovered a stone man of gigantic proportions. The "find" became an instant sensation. But was he a petrified man from the time of Genesis? A statue from antiquity? This "Cardiff Giant" was in fact the brainchild of George Hull, scion of a wealthy cigar manufacturer. Their fantabulous story-published to great acclaim in hardcover-proves that at 128 years young Goliath still knows how to pack the house!
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Jacobs, Harvey was born on January 7, 1930 in New York City. Son of Lou and Laura (Stern) Jacobs.
Bachelor, Syracuse University, New York, 1950. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1951.
Liaison programming and television sales development, ABC-television, New York City, 1958-1962; manager advertising public relations The Worldvision Network, ABC-television, New York City, 1962-1970; director audience and industry relations, chief writer to chief Executive officer, ABC-television, New York City, 1970-1973; freelance writer, New York City, since 1973.
(In 1868, George Hull heard a sermon proclaiming this to b...)
(World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel! A fantastica...)
(World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel! A fantastic...)
(The mythic discovery of the Cardiff Giant, a stone man of...)
(Many readers have enjoyed Harvey Jacobs' stories in Playb...)
(The cult hit novel set in the not-too-distant future abou...)
( The slumbering giant awakens! In 1869, well-diggers in ...)
(A novel set in the not-too-distant future about a relucta...)
(A certain fine madness and a keen sense of the outrageous...)
(Dust jacket design by Stan Phillips. His second book and ...)
(Short story collection. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne.)
Member Writers Guild American (Script award), Dramatist Guild American, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association International (Fiction Library of Congress citation).
Married Estelle Rose, October 18, 1956. 1 child, Adam.