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John Henry Days

Colson Whitehead

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307486677

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John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead Pdf

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!

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307819963

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The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead Pdf

This debut novel by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys wowed critics and readers everywhere and marked the debut of an important American writer. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions within the department: the Empiricists, who work by the book and dutifully check for striations on the winch cable and such; and the Intuitionists, who are simply able to enter the elevator cab in question, meditate, and intuit any defects. Lila Mae is an Intuitionist and, it just so happens, has the highest accuracy rate in the entire department. But when an elevator in a new city building goes into total freefall on Lila Mae's watch, chaos ensues. It's an election year in the Elevator Guild, and the good-old-boy Empiricists would love nothing more than to assign the blame to an Intuitionist. But Lila Mae is never wrong. The sudden appearance of excerpts from the lost notebooks of Intuitionism's founder, James Fulton, has also caused quite a stir. The notebooks describe Fulton's work on the "black box," a perfect elevator that could reinvent the city as radically as the first passenger elevator did when patented by Elisha Otis in the nineteenth century. When Lila Mae goes underground to investigate the crash, she becomes involved in the search for the portions of the notebooks that are still missing and uncovers a secret that will change her life forever. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Steel Drivin' Man

Scott Reynolds Nelson

Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019974114X

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Steel Drivin' Man by Scott Reynolds Nelson Pdf

The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time, the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains. Using census data, penitentiary reports, and railroad company reports, Nelson reveals how John Henry, victimized by Virginia's notorious Black Codes, was shipped to the infamous Richmond Penitentiary to become prisoner number 497, and was forced to labor on the mile-long Lewis Tunnel for the C&O railroad. Equally important, Nelson masterfully captures the life of the ballad of John Henry, tracing the song's evolution from the first printed score by blues legend W. C. Handy, to Carl Sandburg's use of the ballad to become the first "folk singer," to the upbeat version by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Attractively illustrated with numerous images, Steel Drivin' Man offers a marvelous portrait of a beloved folk song--and a true American legend.

Sag Harbor

Colson Whitehead

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385529396

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Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: a hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, "a tenderhearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of race and class” (The New York Times). Benji Cooper is one of the few Black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of Black professionals have built a world of their own. The summer of ’85 won’t be without its usual trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through and state-of-the-art profanity to master. Benji will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, just maybe, this summer might be one for the ages. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

John Henry, an American Legend

Ezra Jack Keats

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987-04
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0833539752

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John Henry, an American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats Pdf

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand

They Call Me Doc

D. J. Herda

Author : D. J. Herda
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762774517

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They Call Me Doc by D. J. Herda Pdf

A fresh, lively retelling of the life of one of the most infamous characters of the Old West, Doc Holliday, by an imaginative, yet accurate storyteller.

All of You Every Single One

Beatrice Hitchman

Author : Beatrice Hitchman
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647004149

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All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman Pdf

From an acclaimed and powerful talent in historical fiction, a literary historical novel set in a Bohemian enclave of Vienna about love, freedom, and what constitutes a family—now in paperback! Set in Vienna from 1910 to 1946, All of You Every Single One is an atmospheric, original, and deeply moving novel about family, freedom, and how true love might survive impossible odds. Julia Lindqvist, a woman unhappily married to a famous Swedish playwright, leaves her husband to begin a passionate affair with a female tailor named Eve. The pair run away together and settle in the more liberal haven of Vienna, where they fall in love, navigate the challenges of their newfound independence, and find community in the city’s Jewish quarter. But Julia’s yearning for a child throws their fragile happiness into chaos and threatens to destroy her life and the lives of those closest to her. Ada Bauer’s wealthy industrialist family have sent her to Dr. Freud in the hope that he can cure her mutism—and do so without a scandal. But help will soon come for Ada from an unexpected place, changing many lives irrevocably. Through the lives of her queer characters, and against the changing backdrop of one of the greatest cities of the age, Hitchman asks what it’s like to live through oppression, how personal decisions become political, and how far one will go to protect the ones they love. Moving across Europe and through decades, Hitchman’s sophomore novel is an intensely poignant portrait of life and love on the fringes of history.

Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry (Large Print 16pt)

Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson

Author : Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1459676106

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Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry (Large Print 16pt) by Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson Pdf

Who was the real John Henry? The story of this legendary African - American figure has come down to us in so many songs, stories, and plays, that the facts are often lost. Historian Scott Nelson brings John Henry alive for young readers in his personal quest for the ''''true story'''' of the man behind the myth. Nelson presents the famous folk song as a mystery to be unraveled, identifying the embedded clues within the lyrics, which he examines to uncover many surprising truths. He investigates the legend and reveals the real John Henry in this beautifully illustrated book. Nelson's narrative is multilayered, interweaving the story of the building of the railroads, the period of Reconstruction, folk tales, American mythology, and an exploration of the tradition of work songs and their evolution into blues and rock and roll. This is also the story of the author's search for the flesh - and - blood man who became an American folk hero; Nelson gives a first - person account of how the historian works, showing history as a process of discovery. Readers rediscover an African - American folk hero. We meet John Henry, the man who worked for the railroad, driving steel spikes. When the railroad threatens to replace workers with a steam - powered hammer, John Henry bets that he can drive the beams into the ground faster than the machine. He wins the contest, but dies in the effort. Nelson's vibrant text, combined with archival images, brings a new perspective and focus to the life and times of this American legend.

Apex Hides the Hurt

Colson Whitehead

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307279781

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Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead Pdf

This "wickedly funny" (The Boston Globe) New York Times Notable Book from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry. The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town’s aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our hero’s efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Long Ben (Henry Every)

Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc.

Author : Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc.
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680200416

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Long Ben (Henry Every) by Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc. Pdf

Stories of famous pirates from around the world are retold in this fast-moving series; Each book includes an analysis page in each chapter that helps the kids understand what is real and what might have been fictionalized over time; Each book provides a concluding chapter that recounts for the kids whether the pirate is more legend or mostly truth.

John Henry

Christianne C. Jones

Author : Christianne C. Jones
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781479518616

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John Henry by Christianne C. Jones Pdf

A retelling of the tall tale about John Henry.

The Noble Hustle

Colson Whitehead

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780345804334

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The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead Pdf

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys • “Whitehead proves a brilliant sociologist of the poker world.” —The Boston Globe In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch—he’d never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator took the Greyhound to Atlantic City to learn the ways of high-stakes Texas Hold’em. Poker culture, he discovered, is marked by joy, heartbreak, and grizzled veterans playing against teenage hotshots weaned on Internet gambling. Not to mention the not-to-be overlooked issue of coordinating Port Authority bus schedules with your kid’s drop-off and pickup at school. Finally arriving in Vegas for the multimillion-dollar tournament, Whitehead brilliantly details his progress, both literal and existential, through the event’s antes and turns, through its gritty moments of calculation, hope, and spectacle. Entertaining, ironic, and strangely profound, this epic search for meaning at the World Series of Poker is a sure bet. Look for Colson Whitehead’s bestselling new novel, Harlem Shuffle!

The Haunting of Henry Twist

Rebecca F. John

Author : Rebecca F. John
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782832898

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The Haunting of Henry Twist by Rebecca F. John Pdf

London, 1926: Henry Twist's heavily pregnant wife leaves home to meet a friend. On the way, she is hit by a bus and killed, though miraculously the baby survives. Henry is left with nothing but his new daughter - a single father in a world without single fathers. He hurries the baby home, terrified that she'll be taken from him. Racked with guilt and fear, he stays away from prying eyes, walking her through the streets at night, under cover of darkness. But one evening, a strange man steps out of the shadows and addresses Henry by name. The man says that he has lost his memory, but that his name is Jack. Henry is both afraid of and drawn to Jack, and the more time they spend together, the more Henry sees that this man has echoes of his dead wife. His mannerisms, some things he says ... And so Henry wonders, has his wife returned to him? Has he conjured Jack himself from thin air? Or is he in the grip of a sophisticated con man? Who really sent him? Set in a postwar London where the Bright Young Things dance into dawn at garden parties hosted by generous old Monty, The Haunting of Henry Twist is a novel about the limits and potential of love and of grief. It is about the lengths we will go to hold on to what is precious to us, what we will forgive of those we love, and what we will sacrifice for the sake of our own happiness.

Understanding Colson Whitehead

Derek C. Maus

Author : Derek C. Maus
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781643361758

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Understanding Colson Whitehead by Derek C. Maus Pdf

An inviting point of entrance into the truth seeking, genre defying novels of the award-winning author In 2020 Colson Whitehead became the youngest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Although Whitehead's widely divergent books complicate overarching categorization, Derek C. Maus argues that they are linked by their skepticism toward the ostensible wisdom inherited from past generations and the various forms of "stories" that transmit it. Whitehead, best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Underground Railroad, bids readers to accompany him on challenging, often open-ended literary excursions designed to reexamine—and frequently defy—accepted notions of truth. Understanding Colson Whitehead unravels the parallel structures found within Whitehead's books from his 1999 debut The Intuitionist through 2019's The Nickel Boys, for which he won his second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. By first imitating and then violating their conventions, Whitehead attempts to transcend the limits of the formulas of the genres in which he seems to write. Whitehead similarly tests subject matter, again imitating and then satirizing various forms of conventional wisdom as a means of calling out unexamined, ignored, or malevolent aspects of American culture. Although it is only one of many subjects that Whitehead addresses, race is often central to his work. It serves as a prime example of Whitehead's attempt to prompt his readers into revisiting their assumptions about meanings and values. By upending the literary formulas of the detective novel, the heroic folktale, the coming-of-age story, the zombie apocalypse, the slave narrative, and historical fiction, Whitehead reveals the flaws and shortcomings by which Americans have defined themselves. In addition to evoking such explicitly literary storytelling traditions, Whitehead also directs attention toward other interrelated historical and cultural processes that influence how race, class, gender, education, social status, and other categories of identity determine what an individual supposedly can and cannot do.

John Henry

Julius Lester

Author : Julius Lester
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780140566222

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John Henry by Julius Lester Pdf

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

John Henry Days

John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead Pdf

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Steel Drivin' Man by Scott Reynolds Nelson Pdf

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Pdf

John Henry, an American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats Pdf

They Call Me Doc by D. J. Herda Pdf

All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman Pdf

Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry (Large Print 16pt) by Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson Pdf

Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead Pdf

Long Ben (Henry Every) by Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc. Pdf

John Henry by Christianne C. Jones Pdf

The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead Pdf

The Haunting of Henry Twist by Rebecca F. John Pdf

Understanding Colson Whitehead by Derek C. Maus Pdf

John Henry by Julius Lester Pdf

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