How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace

How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
ISBN-10
1481472070
ISBN-13
9781481472074
Series
How Sweet the Sound
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
40
Language
English
Published
2018-05-01
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Carole Boston Weatherford

Description

An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn “Amazing Grace” and the living legacy of the song Caldecott Honor–winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison. One stormy night at sea, a wayward man named John Newton feared for his life. In his darkest hour he fell to his knees and prayed—and somehow the battered ship survived the storm. Grateful, he changed his ways and became a minister, yet he still owned a slave ship. But in time, empathy touched his heart. A changed man, he used his powerful words to help end slavery in England. Those words became the hymn “Amazing Grace,” a song that has lifted the spirit and given comfort across time and all over the world.

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