NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013

James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award in fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.  The announcement was made by the National Book Foundation on the evening of Nov. 20.  The novel depicts the life of an orphan who is under the care of real life abolitionist John Brown.  Goddard Library is proud to have this title in its collection as well as earlier McBride novels.