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Sarah's Journey
Book by Beasley, David R.
461 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
David Richard Beasley
28 books2 followersDavid Richard Beasley (1931 -) is a Canadian author who has lived in Europe and Manhattan for 40 years and currently resides in Simcoe, Ontario.
Beasley has a PhD in political economics and worked for years at the New York Public Research Libraries where he was the president of the union of library workers.
He has written over a score of books in all genres including biographies of Canada’s first novelist, of North America’s greatest actor, of the great artist Clay Spohn, of the curator Douglas MacAgy, a major force behind modern art, historical novels of WWII in Burma, escape from slavery in North America, child abuse in 1805, and 19th century Hamilton Ontario, a trilogy of acclaimed detective novels set in New York city, travels by donkey in Turkey and canoeing down a Canadian river, a political-economic study of the invention of the automobile, light entertaining social novels, short stories, novellas and Episodes and Vignettes; an Autobiography. Sarah’s Journey, the story of a slave escaping to Upper Canada in 1820, won a literary prize and with From Bloody Beginnings; Richard Beasley’s Upper Canada won a Brag Medallion. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his writings.
Beasley has a PhD in political economics and worked for years at the New York Public Research Libraries where he was the president of the union of library workers.
He has written over a score of books in all genres including biographies of Canada’s first novelist, of North America’s greatest actor, of the great artist Clay Spohn, of the curator Douglas MacAgy, a major force behind modern art, historical novels of WWII in Burma, escape from slavery in North America, child abuse in 1805, and 19th century Hamilton Ontario, a trilogy of acclaimed detective novels set in New York city, travels by donkey in Turkey and canoeing down a Canadian river, a political-economic study of the invention of the automobile, light entertaining social novels, short stories, novellas and Episodes and Vignettes; an Autobiography. Sarah’s Journey, the story of a slave escaping to Upper Canada in 1820, won a literary prize and with From Bloody Beginnings; Richard Beasley’s Upper Canada won a Brag Medallion. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his writings.
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February 16, 2016
I met this author at a summer festival last year. After chatting with him for quite a while I was curious to read one of his books. I choose Sarah's Journey because the story's setting is in a part of Canada I am very familiar with present day and I thought it would be interesting to read what it was like in the 1800's without having to read an actual history book (which I find boring).
The book is historical fiction, about slavery and freedom in Upper Canada based on actual places, people and events. The author made history come alive for me through Sarah Lewis' (a real person) and her children's lives. It has adventure, romance, and mystery, combined with the history. It kept me engrossed from cover to cover as I wanted to know what happened next. I fell in love with Sarah, she was such an amazing woman! Never has history stimulated me in this way. Not only did I learn a lot, I enjoyed every minute of it. I highly recommend this book, it is awesome!
The book is historical fiction, about slavery and freedom in Upper Canada based on actual places, people and events. The author made history come alive for me through Sarah Lewis' (a real person) and her children's lives. It has adventure, romance, and mystery, combined with the history. It kept me engrossed from cover to cover as I wanted to know what happened next. I fell in love with Sarah, she was such an amazing woman! Never has history stimulated me in this way. Not only did I learn a lot, I enjoyed every minute of it. I highly recommend this book, it is awesome!
January 7, 2015
Great read with just the right amount of history to make it interesting!
This was an awesome read with just the right amount of history thrown in!! The story starts with young Sarah Kinney a slave on a plantation wedding day to Henry Lewis who she believed to be a free man of color They have two children Henry Jr and Molly. All is fine until their master is killed in a fire. Henry Lewis Sr. Is found to be an escaped slave and is sent back to a farm in Kentucky. Sarah is devastated and her life changes drastically. In addition to her first two children she has several more.
Helped by abolitionist, Sarah is forced
to flee with her last three children one a newborn. Although she meets many nice people on her journey, she also meets danger along the way.
Finally she escapes to Canada where she begins a new life. There are problems as well there, but Sarah manages to forge a life for her and her children. This book touch my heart on so many levels. At times I could laugh and other times I found myself getting sad and tearful at some the plights Sarah sometimes found herself in.
I found the ending the saddest of all to die without the people whom she tried to protect in some form or fashion, was just too much. This book is a must read. I enjoyed it very much!!
This was an awesome read with just the right amount of history thrown in!! The story starts with young Sarah Kinney a slave on a plantation wedding day to Henry Lewis who she believed to be a free man of color They have two children Henry Jr and Molly. All is fine until their master is killed in a fire. Henry Lewis Sr. Is found to be an escaped slave and is sent back to a farm in Kentucky. Sarah is devastated and her life changes drastically. In addition to her first two children she has several more.
Helped by abolitionist, Sarah is forced
to flee with her last three children one a newborn. Although she meets many nice people on her journey, she also meets danger along the way.
Finally she escapes to Canada where she begins a new life. There are problems as well there, but Sarah manages to forge a life for her and her children. This book touch my heart on so many levels. At times I could laugh and other times I found myself getting sad and tearful at some the plights Sarah sometimes found herself in.
I found the ending the saddest of all to die without the people whom she tried to protect in some form or fashion, was just too much. This book is a must read. I enjoyed it very much!!
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