{"product_id":"9781476753270","title":"The Butler: A Witness to History","description":"From Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow Wil Haygood comes a mesmerizing inquiry into the life of Eugene Allen, the butler who ignited a nation's imagination and inspired a major motion picture: \u003ci\u003eLee Daniels' The Butler,\u003c\/i\u003e the highly anticipated film that stars six Oscar winners, including Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey (honorary and nominee), Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Redgrave, and Robin Williams; as well as Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Alan Rickman, and Liev Schreiber.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by the Academy Award nominated director Lee Daniels, \u003ci\u003eThe Butler \u003c\/i\u003enot only explores Allen's life and service to eight American Presidents, from Truman to Reagan, but also includes an essay, in the vein of James Baldwin’s jewel \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Finds Work\u003c\/i\u003e, that explores the history of black images on celluloid and in Hollywood, and fifty-seven pictures of Eugene Allen, his family, the presidents he served, and the remarkable cast of the movie.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172554162416,"sku":"9781476753270","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476753270_p0.jpg?v=1763609877","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476753270","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}