{"product_id":"the-african-boy-bill-williamson-9781543487701","title":"The African Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis novel imagines the journey of a real but, until now, long-forgotten African boy who left Elmina in the Gold Coast in 1829 on a British ship, for the hope to travel to Holland. His ship was wrecked on rocks in January 1830 on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a strong narrative drive, the story evokes the hard life on board a sailing ship. It relates the boy's meeting with members of the crew and his growing awareness of their world and its differences to his. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe African boy Kwame, who is unnamed and buried on St. Martin's, is a feisty, clever, and ambitious young man whose relationships with the crew expose the violence, bigotry, and hypocrisy of the world they came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the worlds of Europe and Africa. Its characters are vividly drawn, and the story evokes a changing world at a time when slavery was being defeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Williamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154348770X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781543487701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Bill Williamson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459469619455,"sku":"9781543487701","price":20.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dff96d52-068b-49d9-9365-dce0b96dd6fa.jpg?v=1777409883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-african-boy-bill-williamson-9781543487701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}