The Good Lord Bird
Cover to The Good Lord Bird | |
| Author | James McBride |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Michael Boatman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction, comic |
| Published | Riverhead Books |
Publication date | August 20, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), audiobook, ebook |
| Pages | 417 pp. (hardcover 1st ed.) |
| Awards | 2013 National Book Award for Fiction |
| ISBN | 9781594486340 (hardcover 1st 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.