Same kind of different as me / Ron Hall & Denver Moore ; with Lynn Vincent.
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TextPublication details: Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2006.Description: 245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cmISBN: - 084991910X (pbk.)
- 9780849919107 (pbk.)
- Hall, Deborah, -2000
- Hall, Ron, 1945-
- Moore, Denver
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Main Library | Biography | Moore, D. H178 | Available | 33111008824837 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller with more than one million copies in print! Now a major motion picture. Gritty with pain, betrayal, and brutality, this incredible true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love.
Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the "Man" in the 1960's by hopping a train. Untrusting, uneducated, and violent, he spends 18 years on the streets of Dallas and Fort Worth.
Meet Ron Hall, a self-made millionaire in the world of high-priced deals--an international arts dealer who moves between upscale New York galleries and celebrities.
It seems unlikely that these two men would meet under normal circumstances, but when Deborah Hall, Ron's wife, meets Denver, she sees him through God's eyes of compassion. When Deborah is diagnosed with cancer, she charges Ron with the mission of helping Denver.
From this request, an extraordinary friendship forms between Denver and Ron, changing them both forever. A tale told in two unique voices, Same Kind of Different as Me weaves two completely different life experiences into one common journey. There is pain and laughter, doubt and tears, and in the end a triumphal story that readers will never forget.
Continue this story of friendship in What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing, available now. Same Kind of Different as Me also is available in Spanish.
"A modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together"--Front cover.
"The amazing true story"--Front cover.
Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the authors (p. 237-244).
The co-author relates how he was held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s and suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened.