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The Legend of John Henry

May 09, 2020
manual labor, you know, men and women who worked with their hands built this country, they built houses, towns and railroads that connect them across this nation and when they finish their work day they get together, sing songs and tell stories about a hero of

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ary strength of a worker. and kindness, he was a born man, a larger than life character, who could swing this hammer with these like this, yeah, there's only one man who could swing this hammer, John Henry Henry, he could do it, he could see, but in the iron, John Henry was a young man he had thick arms, broad shoulders and strong muscles he was the strongest man who ever lived he had a beautiful deep voice and played an instrument called a banjo

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married another iron conductor a woman named Polly Ann had a son man John Henry was to work as a steel driver for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad or C and oh, the company asked him to lead workers on a project to extend the railroad to the Allegheny Mountains.
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Workers made good progress on the project until they began work near Big Bend Mountain. In West Virginia, the company owner was told the mountain was too big to build a railroad and the remaining workers were told they had to force their drills through it, which meant creating a tunnel over 1 kilometer long. and a half long. The project required around 1,000 workers. and it lasted three years they were low and the work was difficult hundreds of men got sick many died one day a salesman passed by the work area with a new steam powered drilling machine he said he could drill holes faster than twelve men working together in the The railroad company plans to buy the machine if it works as well as the seller said.
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The workers' supervisor dismissed the seller's claims. He said I have the best steel driver in the country. His name is John Henry and he can beat more than 20 men working together. The supervisor called John Henry. He said this man doesn't believe it can be drilled any faster. How about a race? John Henry looked at the machine and saw images of the future. He saw machines taking the place of America's best whalers. He looked for his unemployed and homeless friends. by a rope he saw men lose their families and their rights. John Henry told the supervisor that he would never let the Machine take his job.
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All his friends applaud. However, John Henry's wife, Polly Ann, was not happy. Competing against the machine will be the death of him. He said you have a wife and a son if anything happens to you we will never smile again he told his wife a man is nothing but a man but a man always has to do the best he can tomorrow I will take my hammer and drive that steel more faster than any machine John Henry and the salesmen stood side by side even early in the day the sun was burning the competition began John Henry kissed his hammer and began to work at first Christine the electric drill worked twice as fast then he began to working with one hand on each pen he worked faster and faster on the mountain the heat like the dust was so thick most men would have had trouble breathing the salesman was afraid I sounded like a mountain Holly Ann and her son cheered when Holly Ann urged John Henry to come out, but he kept working faster and faster, he went deep into the darkness, she said he worked so fast, the hammer hit the steel with such force that his body It began to fail him, he became weak and his heart burst Henry felt that there was a terrible silence Polly Ann did not move because she knew what happened I hit them he said his wife screamed don't go John Henry get me a drink of cold water he said and then he took his Last breath Friends carried his body from the mountain Buried him near the house where he was born Crowds went there after hearing of John Henry's death Soon the steam drill and other machines replaced steel drivers Many workers left their families looking for work they took the only jobs While working, they were able to find some songs about John Henry where people could accompany Henry to the White House and buried him in the sand.
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The heavy locomotive roared.

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