"Portions of this work have been previously published in Rolling stone magazine and Cash : the autobiography"

My dad Johnny Cash / by Rosanne Cash -- The man in black / by Mikal Gilmore -- Growing up poor / by Johnny Cash -- The sun sessions / by David Fricke -- Jails, hospitals and car wrecks / by Johnny Cash -- Nothing can take the place of the human heart / by Robert Hilburn -- The ballad of Johnny and June -- Johnny Cash at San Quentin / by Ralph J. Gleason -- Johnny Cash meets Dick Nixon / by Ralph J. Gleason -- The family album -- Broken down in Branson / by Steve Pond -- The Rolling Stone interview / by Steve Pond -- The Rolling Stone interview with Rick Rubin / by David Fricke -- Mr. Cool / by Jancee Dunn -- Johnny Cash won't back down / by Anthony DeCurtis -- A day in the life / by Jason Fine -- Home sweet home: in the studion with John Carter Cash / by Jason Fine -- A critical discography / by Greg Kot -- Screen life : Cash's greatest film and TV moments / by Mark Binelli -- Remembering Johnny Cash / by Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Bono, Al Gore, Jerry Lee Lewis, Marty Stuart, Emmylou Harris, Mark Romanek, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, and Tom Petty