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Describes the events of the life of John Newton as a captain aboard a slave trade vessel and later as a clergyman that led to his writing the well-loved hymn, "Amazing Grace."
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Linda Granfield is the author of over 15 non-fiction titles for young readers which are very popular with adult readers as well. Granfield’s writings bring history to life with such works as 97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life, In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, Pier 21: Gateway of Hope, and the acclaimed Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn. Linda Granfield lives in Toronto.
Janet Wilson is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and her illustrations have appeared in magazines and picture books including In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae and Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt. She lives in Eden Mills, Ontario.
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“Amazing Grace! (How sweet the sound!)”
The hymn’s composer, John Newton, led a successful life as a seafaring trader, sailing from Liverpool to Africa and on to Antigua. His cargo was a lucrative one, for he traded in human beings. It was the height of the slave trade, and he made his terrible journey many times. But one night a storm raged. His ship was almost lost. He prayed that if only salvation would come to “a wretch like me,” he would leave the slave trade and work towards its abolition.
That night was a turning point in Newton’s life. He became an ardent abolitionist and a Methodist minister. But his greatest legacy is “Amazing Grace.”
This unique book is an excellent introduction to the history of slavery and also contains the original text of the hymn, music, and map endpapers.
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- PublisherTundra Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0887763901
- ISBN 13 9780887763908
- BindingPaperback
- IllustratorWilson Janet
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