The Good Lord Bird
McBride, James2013
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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 quickly turns violent.
Main title:
The Good Lord Bird / by James McBride
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Imprint:
New York Riverhead Books 2013
Collation:
417 pages 20cm.
Contents:
Part I: Free Deeds (Kansas)Meet the LordThe Good Lord BirdThe Old Man's ArmyMassacreNigger BobPrisoner AgainBlack JackA Bad OmenA Sign from GodPart II: Slave Deeds (Missouri)A Real GunslingerPieSiboniaInsurrectionA Terrible DiscoverySqueezedBusting OutPart III: Legend (Virginia)Rolling into HistoryMeeting a Great ManSmelling Like BearRousing the HiveThe PlanThe SpyThe WordThe Rail ManAnnieThe Things Heaven SentEscapeAttackA Bowl of ConfusionUn-Hiving the BeesLast Stand
ISBN:
9781594486340 (hardback)9780593332238 (paperback)
Language:
English
BRN:
62818
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