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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781434218988
This book, in graphic novel format, is the retelling of John Henry, a legendary character who made his mark on the American railroads.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Graphic Revolve
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1434232093
Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry was destined to become a steel-driving legend. As a young man, he makes his mark on the American railroads, whistling while he works. But one day, a shady salesman comes to the railroad camp, claiming that his hammering machine is superior to any railroad worker. John Henry steps up to challenge the man's machine, hoping to save the jobs of thousands of railroad workers. But will John Henry be able to prove that a machine can't do what a man can?
Author : Stephanie Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1282624997
Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry was destined to become a steel-driving legend. As a young man, he makes his mark on the American railroads, whistling while he works. But one day, a shady salesman comes to the railroad camp, claiming that his hammering machine is superior to any railroad worker. John Henry steps up to challenge the man's machine, hoping to save the jobs of thousands of railroad workers. But will John Henry be able to prove that a machine can't do what a man can?
Author : Brad Kessler
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1591977649
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 : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307486677
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 : Cari Meister
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781479554300
Ever hear of a feller named John Henry? They say he was born with a 10 pound hammer in his hand! As a man, John was the fastest steel drivin' man helpin' to build the railroad. So when a stranger challenged mighty John to take on a steam drill, what do you think that John Henry did? Kick off yer' boots and listen to this fascinatin' tale of John Henry and the steam drill.
Author : John Garst
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476686110
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780822564775
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1987-04
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0833539752
Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032914064
A Herculean steel driver on the railroad pits his strength and speed against the new steam hammer which is putting men out of jobs.
Author : Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1459676106
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.
Author : Lawrence W. Levine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 0195023749
Surveys the oral cultural heritage of black Americans as manifested in music, folk tales and heroes, and humor.
Author : Benjamin Harper,Penelope Gruber,Stephanie Peters
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781496598837
Tall tales get even taller in Far Out Folktales, a wild full-color comic book for kids! In this collection, the stories of four American legends are twisted about and turned inside out with spins that young readers will love. Dive into the underwater adventures of Paul Bunyan the merman and Babe the Blue Whale. Ride with Pecos Bill as he wrangles Chupacabras and other mythical critters. Watch the mighty elf John Henry swing his hammer in the magical mines of Gem Forest. Journey with Johnny Slimeseed as he plants trees . . . that grow oozy slime! Includes a bonus guide to the far out twists and info about the original hero at the end of every story.
Author : Sandra Eckard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475828092
This book is designed to help teachers from middle school through college find exciting new strategies to help students develop their literacy skills.
Author : the late Lawrence W. Levine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199885534
When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, Levine uncovered a cultural treasure trove, illuminating a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is in large part due this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. A landmark work that was part of the "cultural turn" in American history, Black Culture and Black Consciousness profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians and continues to be read and taught. For this anniversary reissue, Levine wrote a new preface reflecting on the writing of the book and its place within intellectual trends in African American and American cultural history.