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Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town

By Allen Cheney, Julie Cantrell
Narrated by: Allen Cheney
Unabridged — 8 hours, 47 minutes
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By Allen Cheney, Julie Cantrell
Narrated by: Allen Cheney
Unabridged — 8 hours, 47 minutes
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A story of mercy, miracles, and melody-and above all else: love.

During the Great Depression, Fred Allen is born poor and hungry in the shadow of rural Georgia's infamous cotton mills. By the time Fred is three years old, he can play hymns on the piano without missing a note. In kindergarten, he amazes adults with Chopin. Terrified that Fred's genius is proof of a curse, his parents lock away the piano.

Cut off from his only source of joy, little Fred sinks into the chasms of neglect, depress...