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Author	Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
Title	Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
Pub Info	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.

Descript	64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Audience	1030L Lexile
Note	Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 2 2 119451
Summary	Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Contents	Stuck -- Scavenger -- Who were the 40,000 missing men? -- Following the clues in the song about John Henry -- Big Bend -- Breakthrough -- On trial -- The contest -- The trackliners speak -- Appendices.
Subject	Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875.
	Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875 -- Homes and haunts.
	Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Travel -- Southern States.
	Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875.
	African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Railroad construction workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Henry, John (Legendary character)
	Henry, John (Legendary character)
	African Americans -- Biography.
	Railroad construction workers -- Biography.
	Southern States -- Description and travel.
Add Author	Aronson, Marc.
ISBN	9781426300004 (trade)
	142630000X (trade)
	9781426300011 (library)
	1426300018 (library)

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