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The good lord bird /
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. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry's master quickly turns violent. Henry is forc...
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New York, New York :
Riverhead Books,
2014.
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| Edition: | First Riverhead trade paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/books-more/book-club-hub/book-club-in-a-bag/book-club-in-a-bag-request/ |
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Table of Contents:
- Part one. Free Deeds (Kansas). Meet the Lord
- Good lord bird
- Old man's army
- Massacre
- Nigger Bob
- Prisoner again
- Black Jack
- Bad omen
- Sign from God.
- Part two. Slave Deeds (Missouri). Real gunslinger
- Pie
- Sibonia
- Insurrection
- Terrible discovery
- Squeezed
- Busting out.
- Part three. Legend (Virginia). Rolling into history
- Meeting a great man
- Smelling like bear
- Rousing the hive
- Plan
- Spy
- Word
- Rail man
- Annie
- Things heaven sent
- Escape
- Attack
- Bowl of confusion
- Un-hiving the bees
- Last stand
- Getting gone.