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      John Henry Days

      by Colson Whitehead
      Published
      May 2001
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      385
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      From the bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a novel that is "funny and wise and sumptuously written" (Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times Book Review).

      Colson Whitehead's triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it's the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men , and turn-of-the-century song pluggers.

      John Henry Days       is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Military

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      May 2002 Anchor ISBN13 9780385498203 ISBN10 0385498209
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      Jun 2002 Fourth Estate (UK) ISBN13 9781841155708 ISBN10 1841155705
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      First Edition May 2001 Doubleday ISBN13 9780385498197 ISBN10 0385498195
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      Jun 2009 Knopf ISBN13 9780307486677 ISBN10 0307486672
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      Jun 2009 Fourth Estate (UK) ISBN13 9780007476541 ISBN10 000747654X
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      Jun 2009 Anchor ISBN10 B002BH5HWQ
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      Jun 2002 Wheeler ISBN13 9781587242311 ISBN10 1587242311
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