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The life story of the legendary African American folk hero, John Henry, who worked as a "steel-driving" man, tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel. According to legend, John Henry's prowess as a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948 (Author)
Other Authors: Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Henry, John > (Legendary character) > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Hommes noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Henry, John > (Legendary character)
Tall tales.
African American Interest.
folk tales.
legends (literary genre)
Legends
Folk tales
Fiction
Biographical fiction.
Folk tales.
Legends.
Contes.
Légendes.
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of John Henry
  • Coonjine
  • The Black River Country
  • Bend your back and sing
  • Roll, you wheelers
  • Back of town
  • Julie Anne
  • Fourteen-thirty-six
  • Woman on my weary mind
  • Poor Selma
  • Stacker Lee
  • The poor Selma "Gris Gris"
  • Man's ever burden
  • Hand in hand
  • Shoulder your load and walk
  • John Henry's pathway
  • Ring, steel, ring
  • Down the road
  • The way with women
  • Doing for his woman
  • The How Long song
  • No rest for the weary burden
  • Lord, my burden
  • John Henry lays his burden down
  • John Henry's last go round.