John Henry Days

John Henry Days

EnglishEbook
Whitehead, Colson
HarperCollins Publishers
EAN: 9780007476541
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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.
EAN 9780007476541
ISBN 000747654X
Binding Ebook
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date March 27, 2014
Pages 400
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Whitehead, Colson
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