John Newton Author of Amazing Grace Author:Brian Blandford This is the wonderful story of John Newton, an atheistic slave trader who became a remarkable Christian and advocate of ending slavery. Newton is best known for the hymn "Amazing Grace." The best-loved Christian song describes the life of Newton--"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found,... more » was blind but now I see." The book is part of the HIStory Makers series.« less