Title of the Book: Cash Author: John R. Cash
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Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review:
Imagine sitting out on a bench in the middle of a forest overlooking a beautiful ocean sunset with your grandpa that you don't know really well. He then tells you that he will tell you his entire life story up till that very moment both of you are living. This is basically what Cash is like. Cash is Johnny Cash telling you all the little and big stories about his life and experiences. None of his stories are in chronological order but he tells them as other stories remind him of others. Johnny Cash tells his life from when he was 12 years old working in the cotton fields up to the moment he starts writing this book. Johnny Cash grew up extremely poor and worked in cotton fields to help his family out. He watched his older brother die due to an accident in a slaughter house. That's another interesting thing about Johnny Cash, he talks about all the people he'd met and suddenly died. He told stories about them and what they meant to him. He also talks about his music and why he wrote the songs he sang. His most famous song "walk the Line" was written for his wife to remind her how much he loves her. His songs and fame came with a price though as he talks about. He got addicted to drugs and his family fell apart. One of the stories that interested me the most was when he explained why he wore black. He had a few answers for that question and he wrote a song about why he wore black called "Man in Black". Though, the real reason he wore black was because he needed a nice shirt for a concert and he could only find a black shirt. He said it looked nice and he decided to wear black only when he was singing. Although his stories don't connect or show morals and lessons, I believe he shares his stories to leave behind the old forgotten memories he held with him all these years. Johnny Cash has seen and experienced a lot of things that people today will never know or understand. Reading this book is like stepping back in time and living a forgotten life. I don't read autobiographies but this book is one I would recommend to people who would interested in the 50's.
This sounds like a really interesting book! Johnny Cash's life is very interesting because he grew up with very little and I think its' interesting how his dad made such a huge impact on his life and how he communicated with others. I remember in the movie they made about him, that his dad blamed him for his brother Jack's death. It is really sad, but his life is so interesting to read about and help's shed more light on why he was they way he was.
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