The Good Lord Bird
by James McBride
2013
876 pages
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About This Book
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.
Subjects & Themes
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Book Details
Publisher
{"name":"Dreamscape Media"}
Published
2013
Pages
876
ISBN
1624067107
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