Ain't nothing but a man, my quest to find the real John Henry, Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson
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Ain't nothing but a man, my quest to find the real John Henry, Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Ain't nothing but a man
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson
Sub title
my quest to find the real John Henry
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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Southern States -- Description and travel
- Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- John Henry (Legendary character)
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States
- Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875 -- Homes and haunts
- Railroad construction workers -- Biography
- Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875
- African Americans -- Biography
Incoming Resources
- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Southern States -- Description and travel
- Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- John Henry (Legendary character)
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States
- Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875 -- Homes and haunts
- Railroad construction workers -- Biography
- Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875
- African Americans -- Biography