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The national book awardwinning modern classic from james mcbride, the tragic, funny story of a boy who joins john browns antislavery crusade and passes as a girl to survive. Soon to be a showtime limited series starring ethan hawke winner of the national book award for fiction a washington post, publishers weekly, oprah. James mcbride says fiction writing allows him more. The good lord bird is james mcbrides fourth book, his third novel, and one that takes on a characteristically ambitious topic. It is 417 pages long, and follows the experiences of a young africanamerican boy named henry shackleford as he travels with abolitionist john. James mcbride walks a fine line in the national book awardwinning the good lord bird. James mcbride, author of the good lord bird in 1857, john brown liberates 12yearold henry from his master. What role do the good lord bird and its feathers play in john browns story. The series was created and executive produced by ethan hawke. James mcbride on the good lord bird chicago tribune. James mcbrides the good lord bird follows 10yearold exslave henry, known as the onion, as he travels with abolitionist john brown.
The good lord bird is a 20 novel by james mcbride about a slave who unites with john brown in browns abolitionist mission. Fred tells little onion that a good lord bird is so pretty that when man sees it, he says, good lord, and that a feather from this bird will bring you understanding thatll last your whole life. This book is the 25th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. Aug 20, 20 author james mcbride won the 20 national book award for fiction for the good lord bird, about the journey of a young slave in the 1850s. The good lord bird is a 20 novel by james mcbride about henry shackleford, a slave, who unites with john brown in browns abolitionist mission. Pdf download deacon king kong by james mcbride epub. A black mans tribute to his white mother, explores the authors struggle to understand his biracial identity and the experience of his white, jewish mother, who moved to harlem, married a black man, and raised 12 children. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with mcbrides meticulous eye for detail and character, the good lord bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival. The novel is narrated by 12yearold henry shackleford, a kansas slave brown mistakes for a girl. The memoirs of henry shackleford, a slave in kansas during the bleeding kansas era, are discovered in a.
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