Up Close: Johnny Cash
Grade 8 Up—This biography reads like an adventure story, and the action moves swiftly and captures readers' interest. It opens with Cash's birth in 1932 and goes on to discuss his music career. This is a fair treatment, detailing Cash's incredible triumphs, such as winning Grammy awards and being inducted into three different halls of fame, and incredible lows, such as stints in prison, his drug and alcohol abuse, and his uncontrollable temper. What the author eloquently conveys, though, is her subject's ability to remain true to his faith and spirit and to harness his pain into songwriting and music. A few black-and-white photos are included.—Kristen Oravec, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Strongsville, OHCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.