John Henry

Name/Title

John Henry

Entry/Object ID

Library.1104

Description

vi, 225 pages : illustrations, color frontispiece ; 22 cm John Henry by Roark Bradford. Table of Contents: The birth of John Henry. / Coonjine. / The Black River country. / Bend your back and sing. / Roll, you wheelers. / Back of town. / Julie Anne. / Fourteen-thirty-six. / Woman on my weary mind. / Poor Selma. / Stacker Lee. / The Poor Selma "gris gris". / Man’s ever burden. / Hand in hand. / Shoulder your load and walk. / John Henry’s pathway. / Ring, steel, ring. / Down the road. / The way with women. / Doing for his woman. / The how long song. / No rest for the weary burden. / Lord, my burden. / John Henry lays his burden down. / John Henry’s last go round.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

John Henry (Legendary character) -- Fiction., Detective and mystery stories., Serial murder investigation -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Fiction., Police -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Fiction.

Publication Details

Author

Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948, Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960, illustrator

Edition

First ed.

Publisher

Literary Guild

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

New York, NY

Call No.

PS 3503 .R2215 J6 1931