True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey Of Faith, Hope And Clarity
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey Of Faith, Hope And Clarity
By (Author) John Fountain
PublicAffairs,U.S.
PublicAffairs,U.S.
16th February 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
248.246
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
Description
John W. Fountain grew up on some of the meanest streets in Chicago, where drugs, crime, and broken homes consigned so many black children to a life of despair and self-destruction. A father at seventeen, a college dropout at nineteen, a welfare case soon after, Fountain was on the verge of giving up all hope. One thing saved him-his faith, his own true vine. True Vine is John Fountain's moving memoir of his childhood and of the religious awakening that gave him the determination to rebuild his life. It is an inspiring story of one man's American dream-a dream that all of us can share.
Author Bio
John W. Fountain is a national correspondent for The New York Times, based in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, he was previously a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post before joining the Times in 2000. He lives in Olympia Fields, Illinois.
