An
Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
by Jimmy Carter
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Born on October 1, 1924, Jimmy Carter grew up on a Georgia farm during
the Great Depression. In An Hour Before Daylight, the former president
tells the story of his rural boyhood, and paints a sensitive portrait of
America before the civil rights movement. Carter describes--in glorious,
if sometimes gory, detail--growing up on a farm where everything was done
by either hand or mule: plowing fields, "mopping" cotton to kill pests,
cutting sugar cane, shaking peanuts, or processing pork. He also describes
the joys of walking barefoot ("this habit alone helped to create a sense
of intimacy with the earth"), taking naps with his father on the porch
after lunch, and hunting with slingshots and boomerangs with his playmates--all
of whom were black. Carter was in constant contact with his black neighbors;
he worked alongside them, ate in their homes, and often spent the night
in the home of Rachel and Jack Clark, "on a pallet on the floor stuffed
with corn shucks," when his parents were away. However, this intimacy was
possible only on the farm. When young Jimmy and his best friend, A.D. Davis,
went to town to see a movie, they waited for the train together, paid their
15 cents, and then separated into "white" and "colored" compartments. Once
in Americus, they walked to the theater together, but separated again,
with Jimmy buying a seat on the main floor or first balcony at the front
door, and A.D. going around to the back door to buy his seat up in the
upper balcony. After the movie, they returned home on another segregated
train. "I don't remember ever questioning the mandatory racial separation,
which we accepted like breathing or waking up in Archery every morning."
In this warm, almost sepia-toned narrative, Carter describes his relationships
with his parents and with the five people--only two of whom were white--who
most affected his early life. Best of all, however, Carter presents his
sweetly nostalgic recollections of a lost America. --Sunny Delaney - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 284 pages
Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0743211936; (January 2001)
Keeping
Faith : Memoirs of a President
by Jimmy Carter
Paperback (June 1995)
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557283303
Everything
to Gain : Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
by Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter
A dual account of the former president and first lady describes their
post-White House careers and highlights such topics as midlife marriage,
America's health-care issues, the efforts of the Carter Center, and more
Paperback Revised edition (December 1995)
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557283885
The
Unfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House
by Douglas Brinkley
Paperback: 624 pages Penguin USA
ISBN: 0140276165; (May 1999)
The
Blood of Abraham : Insights into the Middle East
by Jimmy Carter
Paperback Reprint edition (October 1993)
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557282935
The
Carter Presidency : Policy Choices in the Post-New Deal Era
by Gary M. Fink (Editor), Hugh Davis Graham (Editor)
In this book, more than a dozen eminent scholars provide a balanced
overview of key elements of Carter's presidency, examining the significance
of his administration within the context of evolving American policy choices
after World War II.
Hardcover - 310 pages (June 1998)
Univ Pr of Kansas; ISBN: 0700608958
Conversations
With Carter
by Jimmy Carter, Don Richardson (Editor)
Paperback - 300 pages (October 1998)
Lynne Rienner Publishers; ISBN: 1555878016
The
Democrats : From Jefferson to Clinton
by Robert Allen Rutland, Jimmy Carter
Paperback - 263 pages Updated edition (October 1995)
University of Missouri Press; ISBN: 0826210341
First
Lady from Plains
by Rosalynn Carter
Paperback (December 1994)
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557283559
A
Government As Good As Its People
by Jimmy Carter
Paperback - 224 pages Reprint edition (June 1996)
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557283982
James
Carter : Thirty-Ninth President of the United States (Encyclopedia
of Presidents)
by Linda R. Wade
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 100 pages (November 1989)
Children's Press; ISBN: 0516013726
Jimmy
Carter (United States Presidents)
by Anne E. Schraff
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 112 pages (February 1998)
Enslow Publishers, Inc.; ISBN: 0894909355
The
Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr. (American Presidency)
by Burton I. Kaufman
Paperback - 346 pages (March 1993)
Univ Pr of Kansas; ISBN: 0700605738
Reversing
Course : Carter's Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics, and the Failure of
Reform
by David Skidmore
Hardcover - 234 pages (June 1996)
Vanderbilt Univ Pr; ISBN: 0826512739
Turning
Point : A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
by Jimmy Carter
The former president's personal tale of political intrigue and social
conflict during his first campaign for public office. Iluminates the origins
of his commitment to human rights and bears further witness to the accomplishments
of an extraordinary man.
Paperback Rei edition (January 1994)
Times Books; ISBN: 0812922999
The Carter Presidency : A Re-Evaluation
by John Dumbrell
Paperback - 235 pages 2nd edition (May 1995)
Manchester Univ Pr; ISBN: 0719046939
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