The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Henry, John (Legendary character)

LC control no.n 2017055737
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHenry, John (Legendary character)
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)John Henry (Legendary character)
Found inWaller, F. John-Henry, 1933.
Wikipedia, September 15, 2017 (John Henry (folklore); African American folk hero; a railway worker said to have beaten a steam-powered hammer in a contest only to die with a hammer in his hand from the stress ... Both the Stalinists of the Communist Party and the Democratic Party New Dealers appropriated John Henry for their own political purposes. During the 1930's the Stalinists reworked John Henry into an iconic symbol of working class struggle and opposition to racial oppressionto and as a strong "democratic" working class hero)
Britannica Academic online, accessed September 15, 2017 (John Henry; hero of a widely sung U.S. folk ballad)
Invalid LCCNsh 85070613