American Icons: John Henry

Studio 360

This is America's cautionary tale about working too hard.

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The story of John Henry has come to represent the heroic struggle of men and women against encroaching technology, and the loss of jobs. But it wasn't always so. Studio 360's David Krasnow traces the ballad of John Henry back to its origins --- a cautionary tale about working too hard.

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