Question

Which sentence contains a preposition?

British soldiers attacked the unarmed colonists.
He and other colonists had gathered.
Our country’s past interests me greatly.
I read a book about the patriot Crispus Attu

Answer 1

I read a book about the patriot Crispus Attu
The word "about " is the preposition.

Answer 2

A preposition is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.

A list of prepostiion includes: in,down,outside,inside, after,before,for and about (but there's a lot more)

And you can see the bold word above, that is the preposition in "I read a book about the patriot Crispus Attu"

So the last sentence is correct