{"product_id":"the-garies-and-their-friends-broadview-editions","title":"The Garies and Their Friends (Broadview Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnjustly overlooked in its own time  Frank J. Webbs novel of pre-Civil War Philadelphia weaves together action  humor  and social commentary. The Garies and Their Friends tells the story of two families struggling for different sorts of respectability: the Garies  a well-to-do interracial couple who relocate to Philadelphia from the plantation South in order to legalize their marriage  and their friends the Ellises  free black Philadelphians hoping to make the move from the working class into the bourgeoisie. Along the way the families confront racialized violence  melodramatic villainy  and sentimental reversals. Entertaining and fast-moving  the novel has a Dickensian mix of uncanny coincidence and interwoven personal experiences. The historical documents accompanying this Broadview Edition provide reviews of the novel along with extensive materials on slavery  the color line  and contemporary Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946542034997,"sku":"ByrdShop_1554811511","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781554811519.jpg?v=1769955471","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-garies-and-their-friends-broadview-editions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}