[PDF.82po] Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A well told folk story presented by a scholarly press|By Robert Sanger|The story of John Henry -- a real person, a victim of race and economics, yet a tragic hero -- is unearthed through original research and what appears to be a bit of serendipity. But that is only a mall part of what Professor Nelson does in a scholarly but entirely unassuming fashion. After telling the sto|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . According to the ballad that made him famous, John Henry did battle with a steam-powered drill, beat the machine and died. Folklorists have long thought John Henry to be mythical, but while researching railroad work songs

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 r...

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