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The good lord bird / James McBride.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594486340 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 1594486344 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 417 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2013.
Subject: Fugitive slaves > Fiction.
Brown, John, 1800-1859 > Fiction.
Abolitionists > Fiction.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Covington Branch MCBRI J (Text) 33126022649721 Adult Fiction Available -
Erlanger Branch MCBRI J (Text) 33126022649739 Adult Fiction Available -

James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet SungDeacon King Kong, and Miracle at St. Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. He has also authored the story collection Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal, McBride is also a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. He is also the author of Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.


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