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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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

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

Thorn, Willy

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN13: 9798233322808
Publisher: Willy Thorn
Published: Dec 24 2025
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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

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