Steel Drivin Man
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Author | : Scott Reynolds Nelson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0195341198 |
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Attractively illustrated with numerous images, 'Steel Drivin' Man' offers a marvellous portrait of a beloved folk song - and a true American legend.
Author | : Scott Reynolds Nelson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781426300004 |
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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.
Author | : Adèle De Leeuw |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
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Tells the tales of all the great things John Henry did from the time he was a baby.
Author | : Colson Whitehead |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2009-06-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307486672 |
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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 | : Scott Reynolds Nelson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2006-09-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 019974114X |
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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 | : Ezra Jack Keats |
Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1987-04 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 9780833539755 |
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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 | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2022-02-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1541646452 |
Download Oceans of Grain Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Dwayne Harris |
Publisher | : Arcana Studio |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Graphic novels |
ISBN | : 9781927424643 |
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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.
Author | : David A. Bice |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1980-11 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780934750059 |
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Author | : Corinne J. Naden |
Publisher | : Troll Communications Llc |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780893753047 |
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Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.