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David Hannum (1822-1891), a horse trader and investor in the hoax "The Cardiff Giant," lived in Homer, and his life inspired the 1898 novel DAVID HARUM. In that novel he was portrayed as a horse trader, banker, and humanitarian living in "Homerville," and DAVID HARUM was later adapted as a play, a silent and talking film, and a radio program.
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Homer, New York · United States
