| Record Number |
839303 |
| ISBN |
9780593332238 (paperback) |
| Author |
McBride, James, 1957- author. |
| Title |
The good lord bird / James McBride. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Riverhead Books, 2020. |
| ©2013 |
| Pagination etc. |
458 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
"Now a Stan. series"--Front cover. |
| Summary Note |
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 town - with Brown, who believes he's a girl. Over the ensuing months, Henry - whom Brown nicknames Little Onion - conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 - one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, this novel is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival. |
| Subject - Name |
Brown, John, -- 1800-1859 -- Fiction |
| Subject |
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction |
| Abolitionists -- Fiction |
| Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction. |
| Biographical fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F MACB |
