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JOHNNY CASH: A LIFE from BEGINNING to END (kindle) by Hourly History

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Published by Hourly History in 2022 The Hourly History series features e-book histories and biographies that can be read in about an hour. They are great if you want to know a little more about a topic, but you don't want to read a regular-sized book or biography. Plus, they offer a set of free books every weekend so you can explore without spending a dime. I already knew the bare outlines of Johnny Cash's life, but this small biography filled it out a little more. It would have been great if there had been embedded links to the songs that are discussed throughout, but since this is an e-book it's not particularly hard to minimized the Kindle app and open up YouTube and find the song. I did this exact thing with the original version of Cash's classic hit Ring of Fire. Here is the original version , performed by one of June Carter's relatives. I had no idea that Cash didn't write this song himself. Johnny Cash (1932-2003) I was struck by the fact that Cash cont