Book Study, THE GOOD LORD BIRD, James McBride

Published 2013, 432 pages,

Dialectic Journal, 125 pages,53,388 words, visuals from TV series Ethan Hawke and James McBride

Whirlwind story about the famous raid at Harper's Ferry when the famous abolitionist fanned the flames of the Civil War against slavery.  Different, almost Mark Twainish journey from the eyes of a 14-year-old boy who dresses like a girl and becomes John Brown's talisman, called "Onion."  Steven Douglass and Harriet Tubman appear and advise the famous terrorist/hero John Brown. The wild and crazy version and more of a hero than we know today.  

Brings history into life.