Brother Booker Ashe It's Amazing What The Lord Can Do

A biography of America's premier Black monk, aka Milwaukee's Ghetto Friar Tuck. Brother Booker Ashe was many things to many people. He was a famous clergyman, a civil rights leader, an inner city icon, a national black celebrity, a civic cornerstone, a chef, a theatrical buff, and a brother to all. Talented, charismatic, dynamic and multifaceted - everyone who met the man has a different story to tell.America's premier black monk... an inner city institution ... the Black Friar Tuck ... the Black Ghetto Santa Claus ... Milwaukee's greatest humanitarian .... a beggar and a provider ... a Mother Theresa Type ... a preacher and theatrical director... a gambler and a chain smoker .... a modern day Gandhi ... an Ecclesastical pimp for Christ ... a chef and artist .... a civil rights icon and proclaimer of love... a man of effusive ebullient goodness ... a humble black man with a compelling voice of love ... a sign of the revolution being accomplished in the Roman Catholic Church and the Franciscan family ... a Black man clad in brown robes taking Christ's teachings to the poor ... a big man with a hearty laugh and a twinkle in his eye that belies the seriousness that underlies his life ... the hood's Robin Hood ... The Star of Walnut Street

Pagina's: 290, Paperback, Willy Thorn