The good lord bird / James McBride.
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.
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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. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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Covington Branch | MCBRI J (Text) | 33126022649721 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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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.