This is an adaptation of a Spanish folktale. In this mystery of the desert, a soldier refused to ride the camels brought to the United States in the 1800s. His commanding officer ordered other soldiers to tie him to the saddle. The legend tells that the camel ran toward Death Valley and that the soldier died, leaving a skeleton tied to the camel. In this version, the camel and soldier disappear, with the reader left to wonder what happened to them.
Some people say they still see the camel riding through Death Valley.
Polly Ann is setting fence posts when John Henry sweeps her off her feet. They marry and John Henry joins a steel-driving crew for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. When the arrival of a steam drill machine threatens his livelihood, John Henry enters into a contest to prove that a man is more powerful than a machine. At one time the Titans, powerful giants, fought the Olympian gods. Titan brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus remained loyal to Zeus, who chose to reward them by having them repopulate the earth.