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Amazing Grace: John Newton, Slavery and the World's Most Enduring Song
Steve Turner
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Description for Amazing Grace: John Newton, Slavery and the World's Most Enduring Song
Paperback. The incredible journey of the world's most recorded song through an astonishing diversity of musical genres, from gospel to heavy metal, to become a cultural icon. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W Halftones. BIC Classification: AVGD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745951782
SKU
KNW0007896
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Steve Turner
STEVE TURNER is a performance poet and journalist. Author of several anthologies of adult verse, children's poetry and many rock biographies.
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