Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave by Barbara Casey {Book Review}

Disclosure: Leels Loves Books, on behalf of Life as Leels, received a free ebook copy of this book in exchange for my review.

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This is one of those reads that you aren’t sure what you are going to get when you open the cover.

There was a lot of detail, information, and history that I wasn’t aware of.

I love learning about history, the things that happened, and the people that were involved. I enjoyed that the author tried to keep the details as factual as possible based on research rather than being biased in the storyline.

I will admit that parts of the book were difficult for me to read through because of my own personal beliefs and values. I have a hard time really wrapping my mind around racism and segregation so to read about it; to read the details; and to hear the things that people did to other people made it difficult at times.

All in all, I enjoyed reading about Assata and learning a new piece of history that I may have never known otherwise.

About the Author

Barbara Casey is the author of several award-winning novels for both adults and young adults, as well as book-length works of nonfiction true crime and numerous articles, poems, and short stories. Her previous nonfiction true crime work, Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly, has been optioned for a major film and television series. In addition to her own writing, she is an editorial consultant for independent publishers and writers, and president of the Barbara Casey Agency, established in 1995, representing authors throughout the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. Barbara lives on a mountain in Georgia with her husband and three dogs who adopted her: Benton, a hound-mix; Fitz, a miniature dachshund; and Gert, a Jack Russel terrier of sorts.

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Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind “Machine Gun” Kelly by Barbara Casey {Book Review}