The Stable Boy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798886931914)

The Stable Boy 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.*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.

Author: John Neubert
ISBN-10: 8886931913
ISBN-13: 9798886931914
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2023
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d