Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry

Year Published 2007

Word Count 10,933

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 1030L
• ATOS Reading Level: 6.6

• AR Quiz Numbers
• 119451

• Curricular Area
• English Language Arts
• History
• Social Studies

• Subject Headings
• Henry, John William
• Henry, John (Legendary character)
• Nelson, Scott Reynolds
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
• Southern States--Description and travel
• Railroad construction workers--Biography
• Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875--Homes and haunts
• Nelson, Scott Reynolds--Travel--Southern States
• Henry, John William, 1847?-ca. 1875
• African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
• Travel
• Railroad construction workers
• African Americans
• John Henry (Legendary character)
• Homes and haunts
• Railroad construction workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
• United States
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
• Henry, John William, 1847?-approximately 1875
• Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
• African Americans--Biography
• Southern States
• Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
• Description and travel

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• Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction
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