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Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195341195
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.
Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019974114X
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.
Author : Marc Aronson,Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,6 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 : Dmitri Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0999259628
A retelling of the beloved 19th-century folktale, steel driver John Henry discovers the mighty steam drill is being used to replace manual labor. John and the drill face off in a climactic race between man vs machine. Recommended for all ages.
Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Adèle De Leeuw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39076001009914
Tells the tales of all the great things John Henry did from the time he was a baby.
Author : Steve Sanfield
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0606044884
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.
Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 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 : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307474322
Pundits will argue that the 2008 financial crisis was the first crash in American history driven by consumer debt. But in this spirited, highly engaging account, Scott Reynolds Nelson demonstrates that consumer debt has underpinned almost every major financial panic in the nation’s history. From William Duer’s attempts to profit off the country’s post-Revolutionary War debt to an 1815 plan to sell English coats to Americans on credit, to the debt-fueled railroad expansion that precipitated the 1857 crash: in each case, the chain of banks, brokers, moneylenders, and insurance companies that separated borrowers and lenders made it impossible to distinguish good loans from bad. Bound up in this history are stories of national banks funded by smugglers, fistfights in Congress over the gold standard, America’s early dependence on British bankers, and how presidential campaigns were forged in controversies over private debt. An irreverent, wholly accessible, eye-opening book.
Author : Brad Kessler
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Benjamin Harper,Penelope Gruber,Stephanie Peters
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541646452
An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times). To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate these routes transformed the balance of world power. Early in the nineteenth century, imperial Russia fed much of Europe through the booming port of Odessa, on the Black Sea in Ukraine. But following the US Civil War, tons of American wheat began to flood across the Atlantic, and food prices plummeted. This cheap foreign grain spurred the rise of Germany and Italy, the decline of the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, and the European scramble for empire. It was a crucial factor in the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. A powerful new interpretation, Oceans of Grain shows that amid the great powers’ rivalries, there was no greater power than control of grain.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781434222657
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.
Author : John Oliver Killens
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0316492787
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel driving contest.
Author : Dwayne Harris
Publisher : Arcana Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 192742464X
John Henry, a former slave, wasn't about to let some new-fangled steam hammer replace his ability to earn an honest wage as a steel-driving man. He'd beat that machine, or die with his hammer in his hand. We all know the outcome of that legendary contest. In this alternate history, however, John doesn't die in his heroic effort, but instead slips into a coma, only to awaken to his worst nightmare. A robotic uprising has occurred, and a new age has dawned - the Steam Age! Now the only thing that can free the human race from the very machines they've created is John and his hammer. John Henry: The Steam Age is an exciting re-imagining of the story of John Henry in a steampunk setting.