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Johnny Was His Name: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become John H. Johnson

Johnny Was His Name: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become John H. Johnson

Friends of John H Johnson Museum

Hardcover

General Juvenile NonfictionReligion

ISBN13: 9798385011254
Publisher: Westbow Pr
Published: Dec 19 2023
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

The Flood of 1927 in the United States was one of the worst in America's history. With the exception of Mississippi, Arkansas was impacted substantially greater than any other state.
The Flood of 1927's massive destruction covered over 6,600 square miles, with thirty-six out of seventy-five Arkansas counties under water, up to twenty feet deep in places. Rural Arkansas City (in Desha County), where Johnny Johnson was born, was one of the cities gravely affected by the flood's devastation.
Johnny Was His Name takes readers on a journey during the Flood of 1927, recounting Johnny Johnson's view of people coming together, working together and living together to help one another survive.
Johnny Was His Name shares the story of a nine-year-old Johnny Johnson, as he lived with his mother and Arkansas City residents, on top of the Arkansas City levee for six weeks during the 1927 Flood. Johnny Was His Name is an encouraging story of hope and perseverance in uncertain times.
The story shares how people who may have stark differences united for a common goal. It gives a glimpse into an observant young Johnny Johnson, seeing people set aside their disagreements to support each other; and be their brothers (and sisters)'s keepers during a natural disaster.
It's a story of triumph amid tragedy; comradery, and companionship amid catastrophes, and a sense of somebody-ness and a new sense of self-respect.
Johnny Was His Name is a story of a boy named Johnny Johnson before he would become John H. Johnson, the founder and publisher of Johnson Publishing Company and the iconic Ebony and Jet magazines.

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