{"id":33912,"date":"2017-12-01T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33912"},"modified":"2017-12-01T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:23:06","slug":"review-of-bass-reeves-tales-of-the-talented-tenth-no-1-by-joel-christian-gill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33912","title":{"rendered":"Review of Bass Reeves, Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 1, by Joel Christian Gill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bass_reeves_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bass_reeves_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33970\" \/><\/a><em>Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 1<br \/>\nThe True Story of Bass Reeves,<br \/>\nThe Most Successful Lawman in the Old West!<\/p>\n<p>Black History in Action<br \/>\nTrue Adventures of Amazing African Americans<\/em><\/p>\n<p>words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill<\/p>\n<p>Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, 2014.  126 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p><em>Tales of the Talented Tenth<\/em> is a series of graphic novels about actual African Americans who did amazing things.  The first in the series tells the true story of Bass Reeves, who was a sheriff in the old west and whose feats sound like a tall tale.  I see this is a 2014 book, but it&#8217;s new to our library, and looks like a wonderful series.<\/p>\n<p>The story\u2019s told creatively, using flashbacks from when Bass learned to shoot when he was a child and a slave, paralleling a tight spot he got into later when chasing outlaws.  The panels are varied, colorful and striking.  This is an exciting story, and will catch anyone\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rip-roaring yarn, told with suspense and flair \u2013 and all the more amazing because it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fulcrumeducation.com\/\">fulcrum-education.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1938486633\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/bass_reeves.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/bass_reeves.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 1 The True Story of Bass Reeves, The Most Successful Lawman in the Old West! Black History in Action True Adventures of Amazing African Americans words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, 2014. 126 pages. Starred Review Tales of the Talented Tenth is a series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,11,37,12,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-childrens-nonfiction-review","category-graphic-novel","category-history","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}