John Henry Days
a novel
Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competinc against a steam drill in a battle of endurance. The story of his death made him a legend. Over a century later, J.
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Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competinc against a steam drill in a battle of endurance. The story of his death made him a legend. Over a century later, J. Sutter, freelance journalist is sent to West Virginia to cover the launch of a new postage stamp at the first John Henry Days' festival. The book gives a riveting portrait of America, and through a patchwork of inteweaving histories it reveals how a nation creates its present through the stories it tells of its past.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Fourth Estate
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 389
- ISBN
- 9781841155708
- Utgave
- 1. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2002
Om forfatteren
Colson Whitehead was born in New York in1969 and graduated from Harvard in 1991. His first novel, THE INTUITIONIST. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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