| "This book will tell you about a long time
gone prodigal who has been brought back .... You'll find out how I've
fallen and how I've turned around again to feel (God's) love and His
forgiveness .... You have my promise that I will unveil my life just as
clearly and honestly as I know how. I'm including the failures as well as
the times spent in finding strength," states Johnny Cash in the opening
paragraphs of this book, Man In Black.
So many facts have come down in exaggerated
form or out of context, and now this man who became a legend in his
time gives you his own story in his own words! Starting with his childhood
years and on into the country and western music circuit, through the seven
long years of his addiction to the strength he found through his faith in
Jesus, this
is the real Johnny Cash. |
|
 "As
far as fleeting fame and earthly glories I had hit the top. I'd been to
Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and on the cover of Look
Magazine ... (but) sometimes when I'm alone and I sing 'My Prayer' again,
that's when I feel higher and better than any time I've ever been on
stage, because its ... a reminder every time I sing that God does answer
prayer."
The lessons shared are deeply personal and
humbling, as Johnny Cash tells his life story in Man In Black. This
book gives the reader an in-depth look at the pressures and problems
inherent in show-business life, and reveals how a solid faith makes it
possible to live serenely in the vortex of a sometimes chaotic whirl.
Johnny Cash is an American tradition. His words and
songs portray the very heart of America: the homes, churches,
prisons, highways, and railroads. Rising from poverty to superstardom this
man's deep voice carries the ring of sincerity and experience, for he has
risen from the depths of despair to the heights of Christian commitment. |
