{"product_id":"the-stable-boy-paperback","title":"The Stable Boy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is historical fiction. It is a love story, a rags-to-riches story, an anti-racist story and a triumph over injustice story. Taking place in the antebellum South, it tells the tale of how a lowly slave... a hidden genius... defies all odds and becomes one of the richest men in America. In Pygmalion* style, the young slave is taught proper elocution and English grammar, a gift that takes him from picking cotton to dealing with some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America. It's also a touching, tender... if unlikely... love story between two young men... one a slave, the other his owner. It takes the reader from the rural South to New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and London. It makes the incredible, credible.\u003c\/p\u003e*Pygmalion is the George Bernard Shaw play on which the movie \"MY Fair Lady\" was based. It shows how the gift of language can change a guttersnipe into a princess.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104204460255,"sku":"9798886931914","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8_t5-HCx-V9798886931914.webp?v=1781104405","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-stable-boy-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}