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Homer, New York, USA
David Harum Homestead, Homer, N.Y.
"In one of those homes lived a colorful 19th century character, David Hannum. Hannum was a local banker who dabbled in horse trading, nurtured land deals and became embroiled with showman P. T. Barnum in the famous Cardiff Giant Hoax. Writer Edward Noyes Westcott, familiar with the crafty gentleman, incorporated Hannum’s homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy in the title character of his national best-selling novel David Harum published in 1898. The similarity between the fictional David Harum living in Homeville and Homer’s shrewd and affable David Hannum is undeniable."
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"In one of those homes lived a colorful 19th century character, David Hannum. Hannum was a local banker who dabbled in horse trading, nurtured land deals and became embroiled with showman P. T. Barnum in the famous Cardiff Giant Hoax. Writer Edward Noyes Westcott, familiar with the crafty gentleman, incorporated Hannum’s homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy in the title character of his national best-selling novel David Harum published in 1898. The similarity between the fictional David Harum living in Homeville and Homer’s shrewd and affable David Hannum is undeniable."
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