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 Brownâs antislavery crusadeâand 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 Henryâs master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave townâwith Brown, who believes heâs a girl.
Over the ensuing months, Henryâwhom Brown nicknames Little Onionâconceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859âone of the great catalysts for the Civil War.
An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBrideâs meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- United States
- Black & African American
- Historical
- Black & African American
- United States
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Author : James McBride
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2013-08-20
Number Of Pages : 432
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1594486344
ISBN-13 : 9781594486340
Item weight : 1.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.6 in x 6 in x 9.4 in
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