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by
John Neubert (Author)
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 of Pages: 274Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 INPublication Date: September 15, 2023
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