John Henry Days is a 2001 Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novel by African American author Colson Whitehead.
John Henry Days is a portrait of America. Through a patchwork of interweaving histories, Whitehead reveals how a nation creates its present through the stories it tells of its past.
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