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Hardcover:
9781426300004 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, December 11, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Combining the story of the building of the railroads, the period of Reconstruction, folk tales, American mythology, and the tradition of work songs with his own personal quest, a renowned historian unravels the mystery surrounding the legendary African-American figure.
Library:
9781426300011 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, December 11, 2007, cover price $27.90 | About this edition: Combining the story of the building of the railroads, the period of Reconstruction, folk tales, American mythology, and the tradition of work songs with his own personal quest, a renowned historian unravels the mystery surrounding the legendary African-American figure.
Hardcover:
9780943718187 | Contemporary Books, March 1, 1989, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: John Henry, a Black laborer working for the railroad, uses two twenty-pound hammers to beat the company's new steam drill in a race to finish a mountain tunnel.
Prebinding:
9780785718628 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
Hardcover:
9780788206825 | Har/cas edition (Weston Woods, June 1, 1998), cover price $24.95
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780788200861 | Weston Woods, June 1, 1998, cover price $6.95
Reinforced:
9780606174183 | Demco Media, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
Prebinding:
9781442007147 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | also contains John Henry
Paperback:
9780140566222 | Puffin, December 1, 1999, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
School and Library:
9780803716063 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1994, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
Library:
9780803716070 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
Reinforced:
9780606174183 | Demco Media, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain
Prebinding:
9781442007147 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | also contains John Henry
Hardcover:
9780313222504 | Greenwood Pub Group, April 1, 1983, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Product information not available.
Hardcover:
9780553513073 | 50 anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 23, 2014), cover price $17.99
Library:
9780553513080 | 50 anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 23, 2014), cover price $20.99
Paperback:
9780394890524 | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, April 1, 1987), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Library:
9780394990521 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1987), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Reinforced:
9780606022545 | Demco Media, April 1, 1987, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Prebinding:
9780833539755 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand
Library:
9780394912912 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 1, 1962, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Hardcover
School and Library:
9780816731565 | Troll Communications Llc, October 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam drill to a steel-driving contest
Reinforced:
9780606077477 | Demco Media, February 1, 1995, cover price $9.60 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam drill to a steel-driving contest
Paperback:
9780816731572 | Troll Communications Llc, February 1, 1995, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam drill to a steel-driving contest
Paperback:
9780893753030 | Troll Communications Llc, June 1, 1980, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: John Henry becomes a legend when he helps to build the Big Bend Tunnel for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and he proves to be faster than a new machine--the steam drill
School and Library:
9780893753047 | Troll Communications Llc, February 1, 1980, cover price $10.50 | About this edition: John Henry becomes a legend when he helps to build the Big Bend Tunnel for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and he proves to be faster than a new machine--the steam drill
Hardcover:
9780404001773 | Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1969, cover price $26.95
Hardcover:
9780385311687 | Doubleday, February 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A Herculean steel driver on the railroad pits his strength and speed against the new steam hammer which is putting men out of jobs
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.
Hardcover:
9780879236304 | David R Godine Pub, September 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Prose version of the classic American folksong about John Henry, the legendary 'steel driving man' who wins a race with his nemesis, the steam drill, only to lose his life in the process
Paperback:
9780879238445 | Reprint edition (David R Godine Pub, May 1, 1990), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Prose version of the classic American folksong about John Henry, the legendary 'steel driving man' who wins a race with his nemesis, the steam drill, only to lose his life in the process
Reinforced:
9780606044882 | Demco Media, May 1, 1990, cover price $16.50 | About this edition: Prose version of the classic American folksong about John Henry, the legendary 'steel driving man' who wins a race with his nemesis, the steam drill, only to lose his life in the process
Hardcover:
9780195300109 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 28, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The story of John Henry, the mighty railroad man who has become a towering figure in American culture, is told in this portrait of the most recorded folk song in American history.
Paperback:
9780195341195 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 4, 2008, cover price $14.95
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