John Henry An American Legend
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| Author | : Ezra Jack Keats |
| Publisher | : Dragonfly Books |
| Total Pages | : 42 |
| Release | : 1987-05-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Caldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats’s vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad. Have you heard the tale? John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger than anyone around. When men started talking about laying railroad tracks across the prairies and deserts, and right through the mountains, John Henry knew he and his hammer had to be a part of it. And drive those spikes he did! Then came the day when a challenge was announced: Who could dig a tunnel through a mountain faster—John Henry and his hammer? Or a steam drill?
| Author | : Scott Reynolds Nelson |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781426300004 |
Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
| Author | : Julius Lester |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 41 |
| Release | : 1999-12-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0140566228 |
Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad. When John Henry was born the birds, bears, rabbits, and even a unicorn came to see him. He grew so fast, he burst right through the porch roof, and laughed so loud, he scared the sun! Soon John Henry is swinging two huge sledgehammers to build roads, pulverizing boulders, and smashing rocks to smithereens. He's stronger than ten men and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Nothing can stop John Henry, and his courage stays with us forever. A Caldecott Honor Book * "This is a tall tale and heroic myth, a celebration of the human spirit . . . The story is told with rhythm and wit, humor and exageration, and with a heart-catching immediacy that connects the human and the natural world. " --Booklist, starred review "Another winning collaboration from the master storyteller and gifted artist of Tales of Uncle Remus fame." --School Library Journal "A great American hero comes fully to life in this epic retelling filled with glorious, detailed watercolors . . . This carefully crafted updating begs to be read aloud for its rich, rhythmic storytelling flow, and the suitably oversize illustrations amplify the text." --Publishers Weekly
| Author | : Brad Kessler |
| Publisher | : ABDO |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781591977643 |
This is a larger-than-life tale about the African American hero who was born with a hammer in his hand. Join John Henry on a scenic journey from cotton country to the wilderness, where he finds men of all colors working together to build a great railroad. In no time, John Henry becomes king of the railroad camps by driving more steel than any man alive. And, in an exciting contest that pits man against machine, he single-handedly out-performs a new-fangled steam drill. This rousing tale delivers an inspirational message about pride and perseverance.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Doubleday Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
A Herculean steel driver on the railroad pits his strength and speed against the new steam hammer which is putting men out of jobs.
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| Publisher | : Gallopade International |
| Total Pages | : 16 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780635026514 |
| Author | : Ezra Jack Keats |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1965 |
| Genre | : John Henry (Legendary character) |
| ISBN | : 9780394813028 |
| Author | : Colson Whitehead |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2009-06-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307486672 |
From the bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a novel that is "funny and wise and sumptuously written" (Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times Book Review). Colson Whitehead’s triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it’s the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men , and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. John Henry Days is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 22 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : African Americans |
| ISBN | : 1434218988 |
This book, in graphic novel format, is the retelling of John Henry, a legendary character who made his mark on the American railroads.
| Author | : John Garst |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2022-01-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1476645809 |
The song "John Henry," perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying "with his hammer in his hand" from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not a fictitious one, and that his story took place in West Virginia--though other places have been proposed. John Garst argues convincingly that it took place near Dunnavant, Alabama, in 1887. The author's reconstruction, based on contemporaneous evidence and subsequent research, uncovers a fascinating story that supports the Dunnavant location and provides new insights. Beyond John Henry, readers will discover the lives and work of his people: Black and white singers; his "captain," contractor Frederick Dabney; C. C. Spencer, the most credible eyewitness; John Henry's wife; the blind singer W. T. Blankenship, who printed the first broadside of the ballad; and later scholars who studied John Henry. The book includes analyses of the song's numerous iterations, several previously unpublished illustrations and a foreword by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.
