Sponsors

Book Review

Legend of the Black Roses (Black Rose, #1)Legend of the Black Roses by D. C. Cowan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I bear the same name as the author, but I'm actually not the real author of the Legend of the Black Roses. It was written over thirty years ago, but was never published by the author. The story is very unique in many ways. It's hard to find a book that's similar to it, at least within the books written by and about African Americans. I compare it to the book Kindred, not because the stories are similar, but by what they portray. Kindred tells the world what would happen if a modern African American female was taken from her life and sent into the past. But what if an African princess was ripped from her homeland, forced into slavery, and is somehow lost in time as well. This is the real mystery of the story. How does the spirit of an African princess become a disembodied spirit? Don't worry; I haven't spoiled anything with this review. This answer isn't revealed in the first novel anyway. There are many twists and turns in the first novel and hopefully the series to come that keeps the story interesting.

View all my reviews

Monday, December 30, 2013

Africana History Fact of the Day

Henry Louis Aaron more commonly known as...

Hank Aaron
Was born from eight children in Mobile, Alabama (that's where my daddy's from).  He started playing baseball with the Negro League and quickly moved up in rank.  The 1950s brought integrated baseball teams and Aaron received his first opportunity to play professionally.  He started out as a shortstop for Milwaukee Braves known now as the Atlanta Braves.  Over his career he hit 755 home runs and surpassed the record of Babe Ruth.  He spent 23 years in his baseball career and is now considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and thus inducted into the Baseball Hall of fame in 1982.






Posted by at
Labels: , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)