Thursday, September 1, 2011

Am I Not A Man by Mark Shurtleff

I recently received a copy of Am I Not A Man, The Dred Scott Story for review. While the story itself is an interesting piece of our country's history, this telling of it was ponderous and I found my mind wandering as I read. Once into the actual trial upon which the Dred Scott Decision was made, I found it good read but it took quite a bit of determined reading to get me to that point. I am sure there are many history buff who would enjoy the back and forth stories about the families involved in Dred Scott's life but, alas, I am not one of them.