The Good Lord Bird: A Novel

Written by:
James McBride
Narrated by:
Michael Boatman

Unabridged Audiobook

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26
Narrator
12
Release Date
August 2013
Duration
14 hours 34 minutes
Summary
Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive.

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856--a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces--when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town--along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm.

Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859--one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride's meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
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Shirley B.

I paid for it so I listened.

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Jeff Stewart

McBride is an overrated poor man's Mark Twain. Implausible dragging plot that has you endlessly waiting for the story to hook you. Wasted our time.

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