Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals
"Once in a while a book comes along that literally sings ...Such is Wade in the Water.  Arthur Jones has done us all a service by recreating the very fiber of African-American culture" --Andrew Billingsley, Author of Climbing Jacob's Ladder"A mesmerizing treatise on the beginning, development and refinement of the Negro Spiritual and its important cultural and psychological meanings.... It is a welcome addition to our understanding of humanity." --Horace Clarence Boyer Author of The Golden Age of Gospel