From the Book - First edition.
Vivian and the Air Force --
Memphis and Sam Phillips --
Sun records, the Tennessee two, and Boom Chicka Boom --
"Hey, Porter," "Folsom Prison Blues," and a baby girl --
Louisiana hayride and "I Walk the Line" --
Columbia records, "Big River," and pills --
Hollywood, Town hall party, and Lorrie Collins --
"Ride This Train" and the Huntsville prison rodeo --
Billie Jean and the marriage proposal --
Casitas springs and Saul Holiff --
Drugs and Carnegie Hall --
"Ring of Fire," "Understand Your Man," and the troops in the far East --
Newport, Bob Dylan, "Ira Hayes," and Ballads of the True West --
Los Padres fire and the El Paso drug bust --
Divorce, Bob Johnston, and a suicide tale --
Folsom prison and marrying June --
Johnny Cash show and superstardom --
Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter --
"It's a Boy" and the White House --
Israel and the calling --
Gospel Road and a change of managers --
Family man and national icon --
Pills return and all hell breaks loose --
At Betty Ford and dropped by Columbia records --
Beginning of the Mercury era and heart surgery --
Branson, the rock and roll hall of fame, and U2 --
End of the concert trail and struggling wtih physical pain --
"The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt" --
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