I have held this book close to my heart for all these years. I feel it is time to share this priceless journal. His stories are unique and his feeling about them a palpable.Īn important time in the nation's history-the New Deal and WPA colony of Dyess, Arkansas, which rescued desperately poor familiies such as the Cashes- is the backdrop of his childhood and, in itself, of great interest. He had a keen memory and an expansive intellect, grounded in a simple, honest hardworking upbringing in a family that originally contained nine, reduced to eight after the tragic death of his brother Jack at the age of 13. On my birthday the following year, I received the completed book as a gift.ĭad was a natural historian. "I gave this book to my father in 1995 and asked him to fill in the answers to the questions about his childhood. Released by his daughter Tara Cash Schwoebel. Book of Childhood Memories handwritten by Johnny Cash.
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