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The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)

A Novel

The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)( )
Author: McBride, James
ISBN:978-1-59448-634-0
Publication Date:Aug 2013
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Riverhead Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.95
Book Description:

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, the region a battlefield between anti and pro slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an arguement between Brown and Henry's master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave town with Brown, who believes Henry is a girl. Over the next months, Henry conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. He finds himeself with Brown at the historic raid on...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Southern
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.6 x 9.4 x 1.4 Inches
Book Weight:1.461 Pounds
Author Biography
McBride, James (Author)
James McBride studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He was a staff writer for The Boston Globe, People Magazine, and The Washington Post. His works include the memoir The Color of Water, the biography Kill 'Em and Leave, and two novels entitled Miracle at St. Anna and Song Yet Sung. He wrote the screenplay for Miracle at St. Anna when it was made into a movie in 2008. He won the National Book Award for The Good Lord Bird.

He is a saxophonist and former sideman for jazz legend Jimmy Scott. He has written songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., Gary Burton, and Barney, the PBS television character. He received the Stephen Sondheim Award and the Richard Rodgers Foundation Horizon Award for his musical Bo-Bos co-written with playwright Ed Shockley. In 2005, he published the first volume of a CD-based documentary about life as lived by low-profile jazz musicians entitled The Process. He is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

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