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Author:

McBride, James, 1957-

Title:

The good lord bird / James McBride.

Edition:

1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

458 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
Brown, John,--1800-1859--Fiction.
Abolitionists--Fiction.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
Brown, John,--1800-1859--Fiction.
Abolitionists--Fiction.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction

Summary:

Henry Shackleford, a slave boy from the Kansas Territory, is caught up in John Brown's crusade for freedom of slaves and when he escapes from his master's home, he must disguise himself as a girl in order to stay safe and is nicknamed Onion by John.

Indexed by:

Booklist starred, June 2013
Pub Weekly, June 2013
New York Times, August 2013
Kirkus Review, June 2013
Library Journal web only, July 2013
Booklist starred
Pub Weekly
New York Times

ISBN:

1594632782
9781594632785 (pbk.)

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

LDPB975 -- Correctionville Public Library (Correctionville) — F McB

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

LBPB837 -- Elk Horn Public Library (Elk Horn)

ZLPD437 -- Missouri Valley Public Library (Missouri Valley)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)