Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
2008
E185.97.H455 N445 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
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ISBN
9781426300011
1426300018
9781426300004
142630000X
1426300018
9781426300004
142630000X
Publication Details
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Language
English
Description
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Call Number
E185.97.H455 N445 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
973/.04960730092 B
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Awards
Jane Addams Honor, 2008
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Table of 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.
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.