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The good lord bird
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 36 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2013.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Michael Boatman. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History John Brown's Raid, 1859 Fiction Abolitionists Fiction Fugitive slaves United States Fiction Brown, John 1800-1859 Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
