John Henry Days : a novel / Colson Whitehead.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385498195
- ISBN: 0385498195
- ISBN: 9780385498197
- ISBN: 9780385498203 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0385498209 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 389 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, ©2001.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | E-journalist J. Sutter travels to West Virginia for the first John Henry Days celebration. Colson Whitehead's eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new 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. |
Target Audience Note: | Adult |
Awards Note: | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2002. Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, 2002. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | African American journalists > Fiction. Henry, John (Legendary character) > Fiction. West Virginia > Fiction. Race relations > Fiction. Racism > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Legends. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F WHITEHEAD, C. (Text) | 32544072804296 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34030087943350 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34014086418424 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | F WHI (Text) | 33490000119374 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC WHITEHEAD,C (Text) | 34026030299700 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | FIC WHI (Text) | 36058010067144 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | FIC WHITEHEAD, C (Text) | 36123001089638 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Seymour Public Library | WHIT (Text) | 34043091582882 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC WHITEHEAD, C (Text) | 34005089360183 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |