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Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography (Hendrickson Biographies)
Fanny J. Crosby "The life of the beloved hymn writer told in her own words."Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915), usually known as Fanny Crosby, was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 hymns, despite being blind from shortly after birth. Also known for her preaching and spea
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Hardcover
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240 pages
Published
June 1st 2008
by Hendrickson Publishers
(first published January 11th 1999)
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On the whole, I've not read very many biographies, and no autobiographies, so picking up this book was a new experience for me. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. As a kid, one tends to suffer the delusions that books based on famous people are chock-full of boring facts and names. Fanny Crosby's autobiography, however, was nothing of the sort. The story of her life, although tragic at times, was interesting to learn about. She had a wonderful ...more
On the whole, I've not read very many biographies, and no autobiographies, so picking up this book was a new experience for me. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. As a kid, one tends to suffer the delusions that books based on famous people are chock-full of boring facts and names. Fanny Crosby's autobiography, however, was nothing of the sort. The story of her life, although tragic at times, was interesting to learn about. She had a wonderful ...more
I really enjoyed the first half of this book.
Then the narrative really fell away, and the last part of the book sort of became a list of all the people she'd ever known or worked with, and it was a little tedious to read through.
Favorite quotes:
At the age of eight or nine, Fanny (blind since infancy) wrote:
Oh, what a happy soul I am,
Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.
How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don't!
To weep and sigh because I'm blind
I c ...more
Then the narrative really fell away, and the last part of the book sort of became a list of all the people she'd ever known or worked with, and it was a little tedious to read through.
Favorite quotes:
At the age of eight or nine, Fanny (blind since infancy) wrote:
Oh, what a happy soul I am,
Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.
How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don't!
To weep and sigh because I'm blind
I c ...more
I enjoyed reading the book, but I have enjoyed books written by others about Fanny Crosby a lot better. I just like the way other books flow better, and this one was a bit hard to read for me - it didn't hold my attention as well.
I really appreciated getting into the life of someone who has had such a great impact on the Church. She was nothing like I expected her to be. She was real, fun, a mover and shaker. And had such great depth spiritually. And what a sense of humor. I think you will be surprised as you dig into this book. It did slow in the last 25 per cent as she went through hymn by hymn and told a little about each. I was more interested in hearing about her and her circle of friends. Fanny Crosby had a profoun
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I admire this woman who wrote so many amazing hymns that touch people's lives still today. But the book was not written very well, didn't follow a timeline and jumped all over the place, was hard to follow, and I felt was just filled with a lot of name dropping of all the famous people she knew.
Very interesting book about a lovely blind lady who wrote some very famous hymns.
I love this women and her story...
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