Jennifer Howard

Jennifer Howard

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“Digging Deep for the Real John Henry”

February 8, 2007

The steel-drivin' man raced a steam drill and died with his hammer in his hand. So the ballads say. Did he really exist? A historian thinks he may have found the flesh-and-blood man behind the legend.

Recent Writing

  • Home Range
  • A Garden Writer’s Novel Bears Fruit
  • As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

Recent Posts

  • My college road trip essay
  • Secret gardens
  • Fire, ice, and Feiffer

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Latest Posts

  • My college road trip essay
  • Secret gardens
  • Fire, ice, and Feiffer
  • Twelfth Night/J6
  • November 2024: Quiet time

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