The Good Lord Bird
by McBride, James
2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride.” cover review of The New York Times Book Review Outrageously entertaining.” USA Today James McBride delivers another tour de force” Essence So imaginative, you’ll race to the finish.” NPR.org Wildly entertaining.”4-star People lead review "A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel.” Washington Post From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusadeand who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry’s master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave townwith Brown, who believes he’s a girl. Over the ensuing months, Henrywhom Brown nicknames Little Onionconceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride’s meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
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New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. Trade Paper. 1594486344 . A signed 5th printing of James McBride's novel, which is the story of a young black man who joins up with anti-slavery abolitionist John Brown in pre-Civil War Kansas. Boldly signed on title page in the author's simple style.… Read more about this item Item Price
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