[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about LEGENDS & FOLKLORE - StudyStack [PAR] A "STEEL-DRIVIN' MAN" WHO HELPED DIG THE BIG BEND TUNNEL IN THE 
1870S IS SAID TO BE THE BASIS OF THIS FOLKLORE LEGEND, JOHN HENRY
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legends, spirituals, epics, and ... to form the basis of the literature that we know 
..... voice that repeats what is said to ...... Three ravens helped him get an apple 
from the tree of life. ...... He traveled to the Big Bend Tunnel ... digging a drainage 
field. [DOC] [TLE] " John Henry" | Library of Congress [PAR] Whether or not the legend has an historical basis, the story of a man whose ... of 
the lives of countless nameless people who helped to build America by the work 
... the construction of the Big Bend Tunnel, in Talcott, West Virginia, in 1870-1872, 
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adrift is a useful film with a big, simple moral that would do much to recon- ..... 
jure up images of digging through layers of sediment left by time; excavating ...... 
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Henry-Steel Drivin' Man: The Untold Story of an American Legend. ... that John 
Henry died building the Big Bend Tunnel, buy Reynolds found no... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "JEMF quarterly / [serial]" - Internet Archive [PAR] Another and more romantic version is still given in the legends and songs of the 
.... Living close to the Big Bend, he may have been familiar, in 19 72, with the 
oldest ... to the Copyright Office for "John Henry, a steel drivin' man, Big Bend 
Tunnel, ..... of a coal miner digging in the caves as the basis for a bit of double 
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of ..... It is said that there still may be found some (it them' nee, in the southern 
ppaltian ...... Snake stories make up an impOrtam .chapter in Appalachian folklore
. ow it tlIt'W ...... power over machine power onthe Big Bend Tunnel, at Talcott, 
West. [DOC] [TLE] songs | Old Time Party [PAR] Jun 4, 2015 ... water, then helped her carry her bucket back to the house. ... It is said that he 
confessed to the murder of Naomi Wise on his deathbed in 1820. ... Folklorist 
Norm Cohen has astutely observed that folklore thrives where ...... instead of 
starting with the Big Bend Tunnel, everything sort of comes together. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "JEMF quarterly / [serial]" - Internet Archive [PAR] As to what the researcher of the "Mediocre Brothers" should say about them and 
how ...... but because his cool pen helped ex- tend the word "jazz" to cover a 
turbulent ...... Kitchens' recording collection and files are being copied for the 
Folklore, ...... Big Bend Tunnel  nearly 100 small figures or pieces of equipment 
carved... [DOC] [TLE] CARPENTER-DISSERTATION-2014.pdf - OAKTrust Home - Texas ... [PAR] The Badman and the Steel-Drivin' Man: Stagolee and John Henry  ... 
treatment of the outlaw figure as a populist hero: an outlaw does one big thing . . 
. He ... Digging even ...... indeed constructing, folklore as the basis of a national 
tradition involved accounting for ...... Said: De Big Bend Tunnel on de C. & O. 
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Question: A "Steel-drivin' Man" who helped dig the Big Bend tunnel in the 1870s is said to be the basis of this folklore legend
Answer: John Henry