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Author Nelson, Scott Reynolds.

Title Steel drivin' man : John Henry, the untold story of an American legend / Scott Reynolds Nelson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY HENRY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 NEL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-HENRY, J.    Check Shelf
Description 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-196) and index.
Contents The search for John Henry -- To the White House -- Wiseman's grocery -- Ward-well -- Man versus mountain -- The Southern Railway Octopus -- Songs people have sung: 1900-1930 -- Communist strongman.
Subject Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875.
African Americans -- Biography.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography.
John Henry (Legendary character)
African Americans -- Music.
African American art.
Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875 -- Homes and haunts.
Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States.
Southern States -- History, Local.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company -- History.
ISBN 0195300106 alkaline paper
9780195300109 alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780195300109
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