John Henry and His People: The Historical Origin and Lore of America's Great Folk Ballad
- Author: Garst, John F.
Book
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Contents
- Foreword by Art Rosenbaum
- Preface
- Introduction: Leeds, Alabama, July 10-12, 2011
- 1. The Gist of Things
- 2. Hammer Like John Henry
- 3. Great Folk Tune Patterns
- 4. Based on Fact
- 5. Rings Like Silver
- 6. Drilling into John Henry
- 7. Feuding Over the Mixtery
- 8. Priority and Slight
- 9. Nothing but a Man
- 10. I Had to Eat
- 11. Mississippi Virginians
- 12. Engineer in the Civil War
- 13. Railroad Builder
- 14. Just Another Negro
- 15. We Called Him John Henry
- 16. 1400 East 21st South
- 17. Trying to Get Things Right
- 18. Witnesses Good and Bad
- 19. The Case for West Virginia
- 20. The Case for Jamaica
- 21. The Case for Virginia
- 22. The Case for Alabama
- 23. Legend and Reality
- 24. Meaning of John Henry
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index