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The good lord bird / James McBride.

ISBN: 9781101616185 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1101616180 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 pages)
Edition: electronic resource
Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2013.

McBride, James, 1957- (author.).

Summary:

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.