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The good lord bird / James McBride.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2014Copyright date: �2013Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback editionDescription: 458 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1594632782
  • 9781594632785
  • 9781594633379
  • 1594633371
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3613.C28 G66 2014
Other classification:
  • I712.45
  • FIC019000 | FIC049000 | FIC049040
Online resources:
Contents:
Part one. Free Deeds (Kansas). Meet the Lord -- Good lord bird -- Old man's army -- Massacre -- Nigger Bob -- Prisoner again -- Black Jack -- Bad omen -- Sign from God.
Part two. Slave Deeds (Missouri). Real gunslinger -- Pie -- Sibonia -- Insurrection -- Terrible discovery -- Squeezed -- Busting out.
Part three. Legend (Virginia). Rolling into history -- Meeting a great man -- Smelling like bear -- Rousing the hive -- Plan -- Spy -- Word -- Rail man -- Annie -- Things heaven sent -- Escape -- Attack -- Bowl of confusion -- Un-hiving the bees -- Last stand -- Getting gone.
Awards:
  • National Book Awards for Fiction, 2013
  • ALA Black Caucus Award, 2014 (Fiction)
Summary: 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. --From publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Book on Reserve Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia Reserve Books (Short-term Checkouts) PS3613.C28 G66 2014 Available 31794003227072

ULS: Paths of Conscience ULS: Spring 2025

Book on Reserve Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg Reserve Books (Short-Term Checkouts) PS3613.C28 G66 2014 Available 31826003542199

ULS: Paths of Conscience ULS: Spring 2025

Part one. Free Deeds (Kansas). Meet the Lord -- Good lord bird -- Old man's army -- Massacre -- Nigger Bob -- Prisoner again -- Black Jack -- Bad omen -- Sign from God.

Part two. Slave Deeds (Missouri). Real gunslinger -- Pie -- Sibonia -- Insurrection -- Terrible discovery -- Squeezed -- Busting out.

Part three. Legend (Virginia). Rolling into history -- Meeting a great man -- Smelling like bear -- Rousing the hive -- Plan -- Spy -- Word -- Rail man -- Annie -- Things heaven sent -- Escape -- Attack -- Bowl of confusion -- Un-hiving the bees -- Last stand -- Getting gone.

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. --From publisher description.

National Book Awards for Fiction, 2013

ALA Black Caucus Award, 2014 (Fiction)

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