CONTENTS

  1. Cover Image
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Preface: On Being Tall and My Fascination with Giants
  6. Introduction: Uncovering the Real History of America
  7. Part I
  8. FINDINGS ON ANCIENT AMERICAN GIANTS
    1. Chapter 1: How Big Were They?
      1. THE BONES TELL THE TALE
      2. THE BIG WHOPPER: EIGHTEEN FEET AND COUNTING?
      3. GIANT BURIED WITH A PANTHER
      4. THE GIANTS OF CONNEAUT
      5. GIANTS FOUND IN GEORGIA
      6. SACRED POOLS, SECRET CAVES, AND THE HALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN KINGS
      7. ON THE TENNESSEE GIANTS
      8. THE HIDDEN ROOMS FILLED WITH GIANTS
      9. SQUARE WALLS ENCLOSE SPRING, MORE GIANTS
      10. ROLL AWAY THE STONE—MORE SECRET CAVE ROOMS
      11. A NINE-FOOT GIANT BURIED NEXT TO A FAIR-SKINNED INFANT GIRL
      12. “GIANT ON THE BEACH” IN TEXAS
      13. THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE DR. HRDLICKA CONNECTION
      14. SMITHSONIAN SAYS THE SKULL SIZE OF ARIZONA GIANT IS “BEYOND COMPREHENSION”
      15. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
    2. Chapter 2: North America
    3. Land of the Giants
      1. THE LENNI LENAPE GIANTS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
      2. MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ARE TOLD OF THIS FAMOUS PEOPLE
      3. THE MENGWE JOIN IN THE WAR
      4. AMAZING FINDS FROM EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
      5. OHIO STATE GETS IN THE ACT
      6. MASS GIANT BURIAL EVIDENCE OF BLOODY BATTLE
      7. COPPER-HELMETED GIANTS RULE
      8. EXCAVATIONS AT ILLINOIS SITES IN 1891
      9. CHICAGO TRIBUNE IN 1892 CONFIRMS RACE OF GIANTS
      10. THE LARGEST NEOLITHIC BURIAL SITE IN THE WORLD—THE DICKSON MOUNDS MUSEUM (ILLINOIS)
      11. SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GIANT SKELETONS FOUND IN WISCONSIN INDIAN MOUNDS
      12. DOCUMENTED DOUBLE DENTITIONS FROM IOWA
      13. GIANTS IN MIDDLE AMERICA
      14. THE DEATH VALLEY TEMPLE OF THE GIANTS
    4. Chapter 3: How Old?
    5. Clues from Mastodons and Carbon Dating
      1. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES IN THE COUNTRY
      2. SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1880S AND 1890S
      3. SIGNIFICANT FINDS AT THE MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER
      4. THUNDERBIRD IMAGES DATE BACK TEN THOUSAND YEARS
      5. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FAMOUS ELEPHANT PIPE
    6. Chapter 4: Copper-Crowned Kings and Pearl-Bedecked Queens
      1. THE SMITHSONIAN LEADS GEORGIA GIANT SEARCH
      2. THE INCREDIBLE PEARLS OF OHIO’S ROYAL GIANTS
      3. GIANT KING’S MOUTH STUFFED WITH IMMENSE PEARLS
      4. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA—HOME TO GIANTS, ANCIENT KINGS, AND HIGH PRIESTS
      5. GRAVE CREEK MOUND, WEST VIRGINIA
      6. KING CONEHEAD IS DISCOVERED
      7. MOUND BUILDERS HAD PECULIAR HEADS
  9. Part II
  10. SOPHISTICATED CULTURES OF THE ANCIENT GIANTS
    1. Chapter 5: Pyramids and Pictorial Mounds
      1. THE GREAT PYRAMID MOUNDS OF ILLINOIS
      2. MONKS MOUND
      3. MYSTERIOUS MOUND 72
      4. CIRCULAR WOODEN SUN CALENDARS CALLED “WOODHENGE”
      5. ONLY FORTY OUT OF 120 MOUNDS SURVIVE AT CAHOKIA
      6. ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE MOUNDS
      7. PLEA TO SAVE THE MOUNDS
      8. CEREMONIAL COPPER-HELMETED AND ARMORED MEN
      9. ON THE CASE OF THE SEVENTY DESTROYED MOUNDS
      10. HUNDREDS OF MISSING SKELETONS
      11. NO RECORDED SKELETON FINDS FROM MAIN CAHOKIA MOUND?
      12. MYSTERIOUS EFFIGY MOUNDS FOUND IN MANY PLACES
      13. THE BIG FIND IN WISCONSIN
      14. NO TRADITION FOR THE MOUNDS AMONG THE SIOUX
      15. MOST NORTHWESTERN SITE OF THE MOUND BUILDERS
      16. SUPERIOR QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP
      17. EVIDENCE FOR THE WISCONSIN MAMMOTH
      18. MAMMOTH-SHAPED MOUND IN MINNESOTA
      19. PANTHERS AND ALTARS
      20. EVIDENCE OF DAMS
    2. Chapter 6: Cities in Circles and Lines
      1. THE POVERTY POINT INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS
      2. LOST CITY IN ONTARIO
      3. THE WHEATFIELD MOUND OF PENNSYLVANIA, FIRST DESCRIBED IN 1806
      4. CIRCULAR VILLAGES AMID THE TREES
      5. THE GIANTS CLEARED THE FOREST
      6. SKELETON AND HOUSE FOUND AMONG THE SOYBEANS
      7. AN UNUSUAL SQUARE MOUND IS DESCRIBED
      8. THE ANCIENT ROADS LINE UP WITH THE GATEWAYS
      9. THE CADDO
      10. CLIFF DWELLERS
      11. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
    3. Chapter 7: A Copper Kingdom and Mica Mines
      1. ISLE ROYALE—THE ROYAL COPPER MOUND CONNECTION
      2. SURFACE EXPLORING COPPER MINERS
      3. KNOWLEDGE OF ANNEALING AND EMBOSSING
      4. GERMAN BOOK FROM 1857 TALKS OF THE ANCIENT MINERS
      5. “ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS EVER MADE IN WISCONSIN”
      6. MICA AND THE MOUND BUILDERS
      7. A DETAILED INVENTORY OF GRAVE GOODS
    4. Chapter 8: Treasures of Giant Burial Grounds
      1. EARLY EASTERN OUTPOST FOR THE MOUND BUILDERS
      2. RICH BURIALS AT SUGAR RUN ATTRACT SMITHSONIAN
      3. MATERIAL TO BE CATALOGUED AND PLACED IN SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
      4. 1880 HISTORY OF INDIANA COUNTY REVEALS INDIAN LORE
      5. SEVENTEEN BURIALS UNCOVERED
      6. THE MISSING GIANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
      7. THE MANY MOUNDS OF TENNESSEE
  11. Part III
  12. PRE-COLUMBIAN FOREIGN CONTACT
    1. Chapter 9: Holy Stones, a Calendar Stele, and Foreign Coins
      1. GEORGE S. MCDOWELL REVEALS HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY
      2. HIEROGLYPHICS ALSO FOUND IN MARIETTA
      3. HOLY STONES IN OHIO AND ILLINOIS?
      4. HUNTERS FIND STONE TABLETS UNDER A TREE
      5. THE DAVENPORT STELE
      6. HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN MICHIGAN AND KENTUCKY
      7. ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN AMERICA
      8. A HALF-SILVER-DOLLAR-SIZED SCENE OF HOUND AND DEER
      9. ROMAN COINS FOUND AT THE OHIO FALLS
    2. Chapter 10: Extremely Ancient Red-Haired Mummies
      1. GIANT MUMMIES OF SPIRIT CAVE
      2. THE SPIRIT CAVE MAN AT THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY
      3. THE ANCIENT RED-HAIRED GIANTS OF LOVELOCK, NEVADA
      4. THE LEGEND OF THE SI-TE-CAH
      5. THE FLORIDA BOG MUMMIES
      6. THE LOST KINGDOM OF THE RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS
      7. THE MANDANS AND REPORTS OF RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS—LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS
    3. Chapter 11: Megalithic Catalina
    4. The Blond-Haired Children of the Nine-Feet-Tall Kings
      1. REWRITING THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE RACE
    5. Chapter 12: Insights into Origins
      1. THE SCYTHIAN CONNECTION
      2. MOUND BUILT PRECISELY TO THE CARDINAL POINTS
      3. THE MOUNDS REPRESENT THE PLEIADES
      4. SIGNS OF HUMAN SACRIFICE
      5. BLOND-HAIRED SKELETON BURIED IN CAVE
      6. SECRET ROOM IN A CAVE IS DISCOVERED
      7. THE WELL SHOWS SIGNS OF ENGINEERING
      8. A STANDING STONE MARKS A BURIAL
      9. EVIDENCE FOR GREAT ANTIQUITY
      10. EVIDENCE OF IVORY WORK AND FINE DRILLS
      11. MADE OF THE FINEST AND BEST QUALITY IVORY
      12. A PROPOSED CONNECTION WITH THE HINDU RELIGION
      13. INDIANS OF CAROLINA KNEW THE WORLD WAS ROUND
  13. Conclusion
  14. Footnotes
  15. Bibliography
  16. About the Author
  17. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
  18. Books of Related Interest
  19. Copyright & Permissions
  20. Index