Good Lord Bird, The: A Novel
by James McBride
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594486344
- ISBN 13
- 9781594486340
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Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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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- Seller
- Stephen White Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- mon0000445245
- Title
- Good Lord Bird, The: A Novel
- Author
- James McBride
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594486344
- ISBN 13
- 9781594486340
- Publisher
- Riverhead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 20/11/2013 00:00:01
- Size
- 3.6972 in x 23.9818 in x 16.2876
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 0.6502 lb