John Henry: Myth, Legend, or Cultural Icon?
John Henry isn’t just a tall tale about beating a steam drill. It’s a cultural mechanism: harsh railroad labor goes in, a singable warning comes out, and America remembers the human cost of progress.
John Henry isn’t just a tall tale about beating a steam drill. It’s a cultural mechanism: harsh railroad labor goes in, a singable warning comes out, and America remembers the human cost of progress.