01237cam a2200289 4500 1357250829 TxAuBib 20190906120000.0 070321t20022001||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385498203 0385498209 ICrlF ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Whitehead, Colson, 1969- John Henry Days : a novel / Colson Whitehead. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2002. ©2001. 389 p. ; 21 cm. A novel that dramatizes the life of nineteenth-century folk hero John Henry--whose legend symbolizes the triumph of man over machine--alongside that of J. Sutter, a young, nomadic African-American journalist without much integrity, who travels to West Virginia in 1996 to report on the first annual "John Henry Days" festival. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20190906. African American journalists Fiction. Festivals Fiction. John Henry (Legendary character) Fiction. African Americans Fiction.