joabroda's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
The first book in an HF Trilogy covering the life of Bass Reeves. Reeves was the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. However, before that, he was a slave. This first installment focuses on Reeves as a young man, property of a Texas rancher. The Master "gifts" Bass to his son, who is off to fight with the Texas Calvary in the Western campaign of The Civil War.
The book had a slow start for me, not the author's fault. I always have difficulty adapting to books that are written with broken language. Thompson stays true to his character, and Bass' voice is that of uneducated slave through-out the story. I now believe, had it not been written this way, the story would not hold the punch that it does.
From what I gathered on google searches, Sidney Thompson has done his homework. He spent a decade researching his subject.
An excellent beginning to the story of one man's life. Looking forward to reading book 2. Highly recommended.
The book had a slow start for me, not the author's fault. I always have difficulty adapting to books that are written with broken language. Thompson stays true to his character, and Bass' voice is that of uneducated slave through-out the story. I now believe, had it not been written this way, the story would not hold the punch that it does.
From what I gathered on google searches, Sidney Thompson has done his homework. He spent a decade researching his subject.
An excellent beginning to the story of one man's life. Looking forward to reading book 2. Highly recommended.
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