Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

John Henry : an American legend / story and pictures by Ezra Jack Keats.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.Edition: 50th Anniversary editionDescription: 1 unpaged volume : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0553513079 (hbk.)
  • 0553513087
  • 9780553513073 (hbk.)
  • 9780553513080
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2209 K25 Available 33111007974567
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Have you heard the tale?

John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger than anyone around. When men started talking about laying railroad tracks across the prairies and deserts, and right through the mountains, John Henry knew he and his hammer had to be a part of it. And drive those spikes he did! Then came the day when a challenge was announced- Who could dig a tunnel through a mountain faster-John Henry and his hammer? Or a steam drill?

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.

Powered by Koha