The Strange But True Stories Behind Your Favorite Childhood Books
Shel Silverstein Wrote For Johnny Cash
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Shel Silverstein, author of The Giving Tree and Where The Sidewalk Ends, wrote the Johnny Cash song, “A Boy Named Sue.”
The song tells the story of a young man’s quest for revenge against his father who abandoned him when he was just three-years-old. The only thing his father ever did for him was to name him “Sue,” a feminine name, which causes the man a lot of undue suffering.
