Simcoe writer David Beasley has produced many well-researched books of fiction and of non-fiction.
An early work, A Hamilton Romance, took a critical look at Canadian society as it was in 1945.
Beasley “discovered” Canada’s first great novelist Major John Richardson in The Canadian Don Quixote: the Life and Works of Major John Richardson.
He took on the role of his ancestor Richard Beasley, first settler in Hamilton Ontario, in From Bloody Beginnings.
Beasley even delved into the crime fiction genre in three books wherein a library detective who carries a gun chases down a missing stamp collection and kidnappers while finding his way through the shadowy world of big city politics.
I have read a fair number of David’s works.
Sarah’s Journey, soon to be re- released, is probably my favourite.
It is the story of Sarah Lewis, born a slave In Virginia. Sarah found her way to freedom to Upper Canada in 1822 where her children make their way among Simcoe’s growing black community made up of escaped slaves and prominent 19th century Simconians.
Here is some information on the book signing and release coming up soon in Simcoe.
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SARAH’ S JOURNEY IS BACK
Price: $25.00 Cdn. & US
Sponsored by Firefly and Fox Books
Thursday December 9th
8.30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Sabor Espresso,
11 Norfolk Street North, Simcoe ON.,
(Next door to Firefly and Fox)
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More on David Beasley at http://www.davuspublishing.com/EN/about.php
