Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year From the bestselling author of The Color of Water, Song Yet Sung, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill \'Em and Leave , a James Brown biography, 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.
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..
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.
Over the ensuing months, Henry--whom Brown nicknames Little Onion--conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive.
Henry is forced to leave town--with Brown, who believes he\'s a girl.
When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry\'s master quickly turns violent.
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.
Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year From the bestselling author of The Color of Water, Song Yet Sung, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill \'Em and Leave , a James Brown biography, 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
