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Written by james mcbride, narrated by michael boatman. The good lord bird npr coverage of the good lord bird by james mcbride. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Aug 23, 2014 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 browns antislavery crusadeand who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry is forced to leave town with brown, who believes henry is a girl.

The good lord bird district of columbia public library. The good lord bird by james mcbride, read by michael. The good lord bird introduction henry shackleford is a young slave living in the kansas territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti and proslavery forces. Musician and author mcbride offers a fresh perspective on abolitionist firebrand john brown in this novel disguised as the memoir of a slave boy who pretends to be a girl in order to escape pre. Bringing both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, james mcbride has written a novel every bit as involving as the good lord bird and as emotionally honest as the color of water. Winner of the 20 national book award for fiction a washington post, publishers weekly, oprah magazine top 10 book. 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, the good lord bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.

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