McBride, James,  1957- <br/><br/>
The good lord bird / 
James McBride. 
 - First Riverhead trade paperback edition. 
 - 458 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> National Book Awards for Fiction, 2013  ALA Black Caucus Award, 2014 (Fiction) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1594632782 9781594632785 9781594633379 1594633371 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB441732  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016689103  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Brown, John, 1800-1859 --Fiction.<br/>Brown, John,<br/>Brown, John, 1800-1859 <br/>Brown, John, 1800-1859 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1859 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.<br/>Abolitionists--Fiction.<br/>Identity--Fiction.<br/>Runaways--Fiction.<br/>Esclaves fugitifs--États-Unis--Romans, nouvelles, etc.<br/>Abolitionnistes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.<br/>Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.<br/>Abolitionists--Fiction.<br/>Abolitionists<br/>Fugitive slaves<br/>Roman<br/>Amerikanisches Englisch<br/>Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.<br/>Abolitionists--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859--Fiction.<br/>Harpers Ferry (Virg.-Occ.)--Histoire--1859 (Raid de John Brown)--Romans, nouvelles, etc.<br/>Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.<br/>United States<br/>West Virginia--Harpers Ferry<br/>Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Historical fiction, American.<br/>Historical fiction<br/>Fiction<br/>History<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3613.C28  / G66 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.6  / 23