Download or read book John Henry A Steel Driving American Legend written by and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steel Drivin Man written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of John Henry, the mighty railroad man who has become a towering figure in American culture, is told in this portrait of the most recorded folk song in American history.
Download or read book John Henry an American Legend written by Ezra Jack Keats and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1987-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Download or read book John Henry An American Legend written by Ezra Jack Keats and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 1987-05-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book John Henry written by Brad Kessler and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book John Henry Days written by Colson Whitehead and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Ain t Nothing But a Man written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book John Henry and the Steel Driving Man written by Virginia Schomp and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the life and story of John Henry whose superhuman labors has inspired songs, literary compositions, and theater. The story of John Henry takes place in the southern US. His death, from exhaustion, is a symbol for the tireless effort made by many men while participating in the railway boom of the late 1800�s. This well-rounded volume contains original artwork, historical context of the story, recounts folktales from diverse cultures and defines words unique to the story.
Download or read book John Henry an American Legend written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.
Download or read book John Henry Hammerin Hero written by and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry becomes a steel-driving legend when a shady salesman claims that his hammering machine is superior to any railroad worker and John Henry steps up to challenge the man's machine.
Download or read book John Henry written by Carol Pugliano-Martin and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perform this American tall tale about how John Henry beat a steam drill.
Download or read book The Shade of the Moon written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eagerly awaited addition to the dystopian series begun with New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones--until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive.
Download or read book A Natural Man written by Steve Sanfield and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.
Download or read book John Henry and His People written by John Garst and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book John Henry written by and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life story of John Henry, the African American railroad legend known as the "Steel Driving Man."
Download or read book John Henry and His Mighty Hammer written by Patsy Jensen and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.
Download or read book John Henry written by Corinne J. Naden and published by Troll Communications Llc. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.
