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The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner): A Novel
by McBride, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594486344
- ISBN 13
- 9781594486340
- Seller
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Riverhead Books, 2013. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fifth printing.
Synopsis
2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction “A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride.” –cover review of The New York Times Book Review “Outrageously entertaining.” – USA Today “James McBride delivers another tour de force” – Essence “So imaginative, you’ll race to the finish.” –NPR.org “Wildly entertaining.”—4-star People lead review "A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel.” – Washington Post 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 Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Clayton Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- dn517
- Title
- The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner): A Novel
- Author
- McBride, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1594486344
- ISBN 13
- 9781594486340
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 432
Terms of Sale
Clayton Fine Books
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About the Seller
Clayton Fine Books
Biblio member since 2007
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
About Clayton Fine Books
Clayton Fine Books is an online business only. The bulk of our stock is concentrated in literature, art history and Americana. Substantial quantities of back issues magazines and historical newspapers.
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