The Good Lord Bird
by James McBride
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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.
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award:national_book_award=2013, award:national_book_award=fiction, Fiction, Fugitive slaves, Abolitionists, History, Fiction, historical, Slaves, fiction, West virginia, fiction, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.), American literature, Fiction, historical, general, Identity, Runaways, Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Historical fiction, Large type booksPeople
John Brown (1800-1859)Places
United States, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)Times
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The good lord bird
2013, Dreamscape Media
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in English
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The Good Lord Bird: A Novel
Aug 20, 2013, Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, Riverhead Books
hardcover
in English
1594486344 9781594486340
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Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-nineteenth-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
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