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The American Tall Tale Legend of John Henry. Was he a real person or just another character that someone made up going back to the 1800s? His story started with a song and his life and work on the railroad mirrors conflicts we still deal with today - man vs. machine. OK Let’s Learn! Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer/ inaugural supporter of the show here at th...
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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into science, history, books, stories, and tons of different people. My name is Kevin O'Keeffe, so today, OK, let's learn all about the legend of John Henry. Yes, the steel-driving man. Another in our series of episodes on Tall Tales
American Tall Tales. We'll probably have one more before we move on to some other episodes, but hey, this legend, this story is all about a railroad worker with a hammer in his hands and huge strength. And yeah, he faced a challenge that is still going on today. What about the advance of technology and what about the
human strength and human talents that go up against that advance. In this case you had the work of men on the railroad. It was hard work, it was dirty work, it was exhausting work, and then you had a machine came along and it could do the job quicker, faster, and cheaper. So this is the background with John Henry as we
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