The Good Lord Bird
ISBN-13: 9781594633379
Contributor(s): James McBride
Subject: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post 1945)
Publisher Imprint: Riverhead
Publication Date: 22-05-2014
Format: Paperback
Availability: Out of stock
£8.99
About the book
Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857; a battlefield 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 Henry is a girl. Over the next months, Henry conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. He finds himeself with Brown at the historic raid on Harper's Ferry, one of the catalysts for the civil war.