Good Lord Bird, The

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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 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.

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.