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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
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Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875.
Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875 -- Homes and haunts.
Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
John Henry (Legendary character)
Southern States -- Description and travel.
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Ain't nothing but a ...
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Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
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Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Subjects
Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875.
Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875 -- Homes and haunts.
Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
John Henry (Legendary character)
Southern States -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9781426300004 (trade)
142630000X (trade)
9781426300011 (library)
1426300018 (library)
Description:
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
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.
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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.
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
J -- Juvenile Biography
B Henry Ne
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J -- Juvenile Biography
B Henry Ne
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Kealakekua Public Library
J -- Juvenile Biography
B Henry Ne
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