Among My Klediments; A Member of country music's first family tells her own story [front the front of the dust jacket]
Art Jacobs (Front Cover photograph) and Joan Balza Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1979. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.75 inches. 152, [8] pages. Illustrations. The dust jacket has some wear and soiling. Boldly signed on the fep. Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American country singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress, and author. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Before her marriage, she performed as June Carter, a name she continued to use professionally, including on songwriting credits. She played guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. In 2009, she was posthumously inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame, and in 2025, she was named a posthumous inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. While Carter may be best known for singing and songwriting, she was also an author, dancer, actress, comedian, philanthropist, and humanitarian. Director Elia Kazan saw her perform in 1955 and encouraged her to study acting. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. Her acting roles included Mrs. "Momma" Dewey in Robert Duvall's movie The Apostle, Sister Ruth, wife to Johnny Cash's character Kid Cole, on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–97), and Clarise on Gunsmoke in 1957. She was notable as Mayhayley Lancaster playing alongside husband Cash in the 1983 television movie Murder in Coweta County. June was also Momma James in The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James. 'Klediment is mountain language for anything that is precious and has earned a right to be a part of things close to you', says June Carter Cash as she begins her delightful autobiography. "In these pages I want to share with you some things which are precious to me, my loved ones and special moments, my hard times and my good times" And share she does. From her earliest childhood memories in the mountains of Virginia... to her ambition and success as a comedienne and country music performer... to her life with husband Johnny Cash and their seven children. Woven throughout her personal story are treasured photographs and her own homespun poetry. June's heritage from her father Ezra and her mother Maybelle Carter - one of the most beloved figures in country music - is a living part of the American legend. Because of this, June Carter Cash is a fascinating combination of down-home country girl and famous entertainer. While she has performed for presidents and queens and mingled with those who make the headlines, she is first a dedicated Christian wife and mother. Warm, witty, and intensely honest, June is just about everything you'd look for in a good friend. Now she invites you to pour a cup of tea and relax with this book. And you'll be certain she is sitting across the table from you as she shares herself in this album of her klediments. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: June Carter, Johnny Cash, Country Music, Performers, Singers, Songwriters, Maybelle Carter, Carter Family Singers
ISBN: 0310381703
[Book #91856]
Price: $275.00