![]() An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride's meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival. ![]() Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859-one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. Trying to convey the tone and feel of James McBride’s National Book Award-winning historical fiction The Good Lord Bird is a challenge. Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town-along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856-a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces-when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. Winner of the National Book Award for Fictionįrom the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's antislavery crusade-and who must pass as a girl to survive. Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs ![]()
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