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40 pp.
| Candlewick |
September, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6245-5$16.99
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
A. G. Ford.
Free-verse poems and expansive large-format oil paintings tell the life story of the legendary country singer. In Cash's early days, his family "was close to ruin." Too young to work the cotton fields, J. R. listened to the radio and felt the music calling him. The appealing biography tells an information-packed story; readers will feel they know the "Man in Black" by book's end.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2015