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The foreword describes the hiring of Ann Sharpsteen as a freelance writer/producer for MTV Networks, the fast research and production timeline, and the practical coordination of interviews and travel. It also highlights early assumptions about Cash’s cultural reach and Vivian’s unexpected choice to decline on-camera participation.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nSCRIBNER  \n1230 Avenue of the Americas  \nNew York, NY 10020  \nCopyright © 2007 by Dick Distin and Ann Sharpsteen  \nAll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Scribner Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the  \nAmericas, New York, NY 10020.  \n“I Still Feel the Same About You” by Dick Manning and Don Reid. Copyright © 1950 (Renewed) by Music Sales Corporation and Davandon Music. All Rights Administered by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP). International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission.  \n“I Walk the Line” written by John R. Cash. Copyright © 1956, 1984 (Renewed) by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.  \nPhotographs from the personal collection of Vivian Cash Distin appear courtesy of the author.  \nSCRIBNER and design are trademarks of Macmillan Library Reference USA, Inc., used under license  \nby Simon & Schuster, the publisher of this work.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cash, Vivian, 1934–2005.  \nI walked the line: my life with Johnny / Vivian Cash with Ann Sharpsteen.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n1. Cash, Johnny—Correspondence. 2. Cash, Vivian, 1934–2005—Correspondence.  \n3. Country musicians—United States—Correspondence. I. Sharpsteen, Ann, 1967–II. Title.  \nML420 .C265A4 2007782.421642092'2—dc22  \n[B]  \n2006035966  \nISBN-13: 978-1-4165-3862-2  \nISBN-10: 1-4165-3862-3  \nVisit us on the World Wide Web:  \n[http://www.SimonSays.com](http://www.SimonSays.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, and Tara so you may better understand just how much I loved your Daddy  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword  \nIntroduction  \nPart One  \nJohnny’s Letters  \nPart Two  \nAfterword  \nAcknowledgments  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nI WALKED THE LINE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n“Hope” is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul—And sings the tune without the words—And never stops—at all—  \nEmily Dickinson  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFOREWORD  \nIn the fall of 2002, I was hired as a freelance writer/producer to produce a television documentary on the life of Johnny Cash for a division of MTV Networks. I remember leaving the production meeting after receiving the job and fielding congratulations, high fives, and pats on the back: “Way togo, Ann!”“Johnny Cash, he’s huge!”“Way to bag a big one!”  \nA big one? Johnny Cash’s name didn’t exactly register on my personal list of artist “big ones.” James Taylor, maybe, or Sting, or Lyle Lovett, or Garth Brooks…but Johnny Cash? My exposure to anything Cash was limited at best.  \nIn any event, I had twelve weeks to research Johnny’s life, conduct oncamera interviews, write the show’s script, approve visual elements, navigate the political minefield that was the approval process, edit the show, and deliver a master tape ready for air. It was during that process that I came to know Vivian.  \nMy first order of business on the Cash project was to create a wish list of people with whom I wanted on-camera interviews: Johnny, June Carter Cash, legendary Sun Records executive Sam Phillips, Johnny’s longtime bass player Marshall Grant, Johnny’s manager Lou Robin, and so on. Upon learning that Vivian was Johnny’s first wife and the mother of his four daughters, I added her name to my list as well. My line producer then began contacting each person, scheduling interviews and arranging for all the necessary travel and camera crews. Much to my surprise, Vivian politely declined my request. 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