McBride, James, 1957-

The good lord bird / James McBride. - New York, New York : Riverhead Books, Published by the Penguin Group, 2013. - 417 p. ; 24 cm

Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-nineteenth-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

ISBN: 9781594486340 (hbk.) 1594486344 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2013004014

Subjects--Personal Names:
Brown, John, 1800-1859 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
Abolitionists--Fiction.
Antislavery movements--United States--Fiction.
Disguise--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2014.

LC Class. No.: PS3613.C28 / G66 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6