Author: Granfield, Linda; Illustrator Wilson, Janet; Illustrator: Wilson, Janet
Hardback; Book; Colour Illustrations
Tundra Books
ISBN: 0887763898

John Newton, the composer of this beautiful and popular hymn, led a successful life as a seafaring trader. But one night, during a bad storm, Newton found himself praying that if only salvation would come to 'a wretch like me, ' he would leave the slave trade and work toward its abolition. This book contains the original text of the hymn, map, an introduction to the history of slavery. Illustrations.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..