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By Steven C. Tracy (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9780195371048 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 23, 2008, cover price $89.00

Paperback:

9780199766505, titled "John Henry: Roark Bradford's Novel and Play" | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 26, 2011), cover price $31.95

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This novel is set around the first John Henry Days festival which marks the launch of a stamp commemorating John Henry. Cut to the late 1800s and the story of John Henry himself, in which the industrial age mirrors the digital age and in which bigotry exposes the racism of the late 20th Century.

Hardcover:

9780385498197 | Doubleday, May 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An assignment for a travel Web site takes J.

Paperback:

9781841155708 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, June 5, 2002), cover price $10.80 | About this edition: This novel is set around the first John Henry Days festival which marks the launch of a stamp commemorating John Henry.
9780385498203 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, May 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: On assignment for a travel Web site, J.

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Product Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead’s triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him...read more

Hardcover:

9781587242311 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, June 1, 2002), cover price $30.95 | About this edition: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead’s triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him.

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