John Henry : an American legend / story and pictures by Ezra Jack Keats.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.Edition: 50th Anniversary editionDescription: 1 unpaged volume : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0553513079 (hbk.)
- 0553513087
- 9780553513073 (hbk.)
- 9780553513080
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2209 K25 | Available | 33111007974567 |
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.