9780745951782

Amazing Grace

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780745951782

Paperback|9780745951782


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Top music writer Steve Turner traces the biography of 'Amazing Grace', the world's most recorded song. Versions of this hymn have been performed by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart and Destiny's Child. The book begins with the dramatic story of John Newton and his participation in the African slave trade through to his writing of 'Amazing Grace' and his campaigning against slavery. The second part of the book - picking up the thread in the years following Newton's death - tells the story of the song itself as it has spread and developed over the past 280 years and its recordings by artists from a wide variety of musical backgrounds. This includes the aftermath of September 11th when the hymn became an international anthem of hope and solidarity.

ISBN-13

9780745951782

ISBN-10

0745951783

Weight

0.55 Pounds

Dimensions

5.13 x 0.75 x 7.75 In

List Price

$11.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

304 pages

Publisher

Lion Books

Published On

2005-04-22



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