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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

by G. Neri

Illustrator: A. G. Ford

Ages: 9+

Published: 2014

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-6245-5

Keywords: Country Music, Cash, Johnny

The positive aspects of the singer's rise from poverty to the top of the charts are conveyed in words as lyrical and poetic as those of his songs. Realistic oil paintings.