John Henry Days EPUB
by Colson Whitehead
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From the author of 'The Underground Railroad', Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.'John Henry Days' is a novel of extraordinary scope and mythic power.
It established Colson Whitehead as a pre-eminent American writer of our time.Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competing against a steam drill in a battle of endurance.
The story of his death made him a legend.Over a century later, J.
Sutter, a freelance journalist and accomplished expense account abuser, is sent to West Virginia to cover the launch of a new postage stamp at the first 'John Henry Days' festival.John Henry Days is a work of extraordinary scope, revealing how a nation creates its present through the stories it tells of its past.
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- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:27/03/2014
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- ISBN:9780007476541
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- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
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- ISBN:9780007476541
