John Henry Days

by Colson Whitehead

First published 2001

In 1996, freelance writer J. Sutter travels to West Virginia to cover the first-ever

Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, contemporary, 21st-century

Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, historical-fiction

Setting: West Virginia

385 pages · Paperback

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