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Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry /
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| Author |
Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
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| Call Number |
jB Henry, J.W. NEL |
| Publisher |
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, |
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Subject
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Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875.
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Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875 -- Homes and haunts.
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Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography.
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John Henry (Legendary character)
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Railroad construction workers -- Biography.
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Juvenile literature.
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Southern States -- Description and travel.
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| Title Statement |
Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson. |
| Description |
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm. |
| Contents |
Stuck -- Scavenger -- Who were the 40,000 missing men? -- Following the clues in the song about John Henry -- Big Bend -- Breakthrough -- On trial -- The contest -- The trackliners speak -- Appendices. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index. |
| Contributors |
Aronson, Marc. |
| ISBN |
9781426300004 (trade) |
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142630000X (trade) |
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9781426300011 (library) |
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1426300018 (library) |
| LCCN |
2007012446 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1139951 |