Ring Of Fire: The Music Of Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash was more than a songwriter. He was a writer in the broadest sense. As a child, Cash wrote poems, and he continued to write stories as a teenager. Cash’s first published piece was called “Hey Porter,” which appeared in a military newspaper. In 1975 he wrote his first autobiography, “Man in Black”, and in 1997 he wrote his second autobiography, “Cash: The Autobiography”. Both were penned in longhand in notebooks. Cash was also a novelist. He published “Man in White” in 1986, which was a fictional account of six years in the life of the apostle Paul. Cash considered the novel to be one of his greatest achievements. Fun Fact: Cash was an ordained minister. In the 1970s, after more than two years of study, Cash received a degree in theology. He presided at the wedding of his daughter Karen.