02717cam a2200265 4500 1147897201 TxAuBib ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781621579748 hardcover 1621579743 hardcover TxAuBib Laurie, Greg, author. Johnny Cash : the redemption of an American icon / Greg Laurie with Marshall Terrill. Washington, DC : Salem Books, [2019] 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. ""Soon to be a documentary film""--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336.) Introduction -- Prologue -- The grapes of Cash -- Cottoning to Christ -- Meet me in Heaven -- Finding his voice -- High school confidential -- The man in blue -- A cherry pink and apple blossom white dream -- Cash rich and spiritually poor -- I walk the line -- Go west young man -- Say goodbye to Hollywood -- The black hole -- One man, two personalities -- El Paso times -- End of the line -- Free man freefall -- The cave -- Cleanup time -- Folsom -- Good times, bad times -- Country superstar -- Brother Billy and Tricky Dick -- A cog in the wheel -- Let's talk about Jesus -- The Gospel Road -- A C-plus Christian -- Fair to middling -- A contrast in kings -- Swimming in different directions -- Where's Waldo? -- Rock bottom and top of the pops -- Kicked to the curb -- Into the fire -- Then came Branson -- The wanderer comes home -- Resurrection -- Hip icon -- (Spiritual) house of Cash -- The man comes around -- Unspeakable faith -- Epilogue. At the peak of his career, Johnny Cash had done it all: a rags-to-riches sensation singing alongside Presley and performing for presidents. But in 1971 the middle-aged icon was searching for peace. At the end of his life, Cash was speaking openly about his ""unshakeable faith."" Laurie and Terrill dive into Cash's inner demons, triumphs, and gradual return to faith, and reveal how the singer's true success came through finding the only Person whose star was bigger than his own. -- adapted from jacket. Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon dives deep into the singer's inner demons, triumphs, and gradual return to faith. Laurie interviews Cash's family, friends, and business associates to reveal how the singer's true success came through finding the only Person whose star was bigger than his own. Cash, Johnny. Christian biography United States. Musicians United States Biography. Terrill, Marshall, author.