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John Henry

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John Henry

Written by: Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney
Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson
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Based on the famous African American folk ballad John Henry, this story tells of the legendary contest to the death between a spirited young man with a hammer and a steam drill to build a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia.

©1994 Dial (P)1998 Weston Woods
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