{"product_id":"john-henry-days","title":"John Henry Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition, first printing (full number line). Large octavo in white DJ, 389 pages; 25 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to rear board, faint mark to front board and fore-edge, bright pages, tight binding, very light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Near Fine(-) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385498195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE-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. African American journalists -- Fiction. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whitehead, Colson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46056191066370,"sku":"91172.0","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_10_762f1f2e-5ea7-46b1-8951-4f7ef61c624a.jpg?v=1744102603","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/john-henry-days","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}