Steven C. Tracy: John Henry Roark Bradford's Novel and Play

Contents

• Introduction
• Bibliography for introduction
• Discography of recordings echoing the folk tradition in the novel
• Transcriptions of versions of the folk songs
• John Henry folk song bibliography
• John Henry bibliography, 1932-Present
• John Henry folk song discography, 1921-1931
• Roark Bradford Bibliography
• Reviews of the novel
• Reviews of the play
• Roark Bradford Chronology
• John Henry: the novel _
• I The Birth of John Henry
• II Coonjine
• III The Black River Country
• IV
• V
• VI Back of Town
• VII Julie Anne
• VIII Fourteen-Thirty-Six
• IX Woman on My Weary Mind
• X Poor Selma
• XI Stacker Lee
• XII The Poor Selma Gris Gris
• XIII Man's Ever Burden
• XIV Hand in Hand
• XV Shoulder Your Load and Walk John Henry's Pathway
• XVI John Henry's Pathway
• XVII Ring, Steel, Ring
• XVIII Down the Road
• XIX The Way with Women
• XX Doing for His Woman
• XXI The How Long Song
• XXII No Rest for the Weary Burden
• XXIII Lord, My Burden
• XXIV John Henry Lays His Burden Down
• XXV John Henry's Last Go Round
• John Henry: A Play
• Act One, Scene One
• Act One, Scene Two
• Act One, Scene Three
• Act Two, Scene One
• Act Two, Scene Two
• Act Three, Scene One
• Act Three, Scene Two