{"product_id":"9780060505905","title":"Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom National Book Award winner Edward Ball comes \u003ci\u003eThe Sweet Hell Inside,\u003c\/i\u003e the story of the fascinating Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave, who cast off their blemished roots and prospered despite racial barriers. Enhanced by recollections from the family's archivist, eighty-four-year-old Edwina Harleston Whitlock — whose bloodline the author shares.\u003ci\u003e The Sweet Hell Inside\u003c\/i\u003e features a celebrated portrait artist whose subjects included industrialist Pierre du Pont; a black classical composer in the Lost Generation of 1920s Paris; and an orphanage founder who created the famous Jenkins Orphanage Band, a definitive force in the development of ragtime and jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith evocative and engrossing storytelling, Edward Ball introduces a cast of historical characters rarely seen before: cultured, vain, imperfect, rich, and black — a family of eccentrics who defied social convention and flourished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021252378864,"sku":"9780060505905","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060505905_p0.jpg?v=1763619641","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060505905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}