John Henry is one of the legends being commemorated. Post Office issuing a set of stamps commemorating four American Legends in 1996. The story behind J.’s involvement with John Henry begins with the U.S. So, the John Henry story Colson Whitehead tells us is as likely as any of them.
These auxiliary stories are woven tightly in among the main narrative passages to enhance the meditations offered on the importance of folk heroes in general and John Henry in particular.Ī segment at the beginning of the book, supposedly information received from around the country by someone researching the real history behind the ballad, indicates that it is probably nearly impossible to determine the facts of John Henry’s story with any degree of accuracy. Many, but not all of these auxiliary stories feature people who have some relationship to one of the variations of the John Henry ballad. But there are also fragments of other stories included – some rather long, others very short. The other is the story of a young reporter, J. One is the author’s rendition of the story of John Henry himself. This was actually a very well-constructed book.
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