Whitehead, Colson: John Henry Days (kartoniertes Buch)

John Henry, der Mann mit dem Hammer in der Hand, ist der Held unzähliger Volkslieder und Balladen und wurde zum amerikanischen Gründungsmythos. Der Legende nach siegte der schwarze Tunnelarbeiter mit Körperkraft im Wettstreit gegen eine Bohrmaschine, doch er bezahlte diesen Triumph mit dem Leben.

Mehr als hundert Jahre später wird ihm zu Ehren in einem Kaff in West Virginia ein Festival gefeiert und eine neue Briefmarke ausgegeben. Eine ganze Horde von Journalisten trifft in dem einstigen Sklavenstaat ein, und der einzige Schwarze unter ihnen, J. Sutter, ist dabei, einen neuen Rekord im Spesenrittertum aufzustellen. Dabei freundet er sich mit einer jungen New Yorkerin an, die die John-Henry-Devotionalien ihres Vaters loswerden will. Und was hat es mit dem scheinbar harmlosen Briefmarkensammler auf sich, der ihm gleich am ersten Abend das Leben rettet?

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