The Good Lor d Bird
by James McBride
Buy on AmazonIn McBride’s National Book Award–winning novel, John Brown’s plot to raid Harper’s Ferry unfolds through the eyes of a young ex-slave who dresses himself as a girl to escape detection. Traveling ‘incog-negro,’ as he puts it, Henry Shackleford journeys with the militant abolitionist across the country. If you ask me, Mark Twain can kiss McBride’s butt.
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"In McBride’s National Book Award–winning novel, John Brown’s plot to raid Harper’s Ferry unfolds through the eyes of a young ex-slave who dresses himself as a girl to escape detection. Traveling ‘incog-negro,’ as he puts it, Henry Shackleford journeys with the militant abolitionist across the country. If you ask me, Mark Twain can kiss McBride’s butt."
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