Author | James McBride |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction, comic |
Published | Riverhead Books |
Publication date | August 20, 2013 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 432 pp. (hardcover ed.) |
Awards | 2013 National Book Award for Fiction |
ISBN | 9781594486340 (hardcover ed.) |
OCLC | 820123671 |
813/.6 | |
LC Class | PS3613.C28 G66 2013 |
The Good Lord Bird is a 2013 novel by American journalist and author James McBride about Henry Shackleford, a slave, who unites with John Brown in Brown's abolitionist mission. The novel won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013 and received generally positive reviews from critics.