Jimmy Carter

 

An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
by Jimmy Carter

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;

Keeping Faith : Memoirs of a President
by Jimmy Carter
Paperback
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 )
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;
 

Jimmy Carter : American Moralist by Kenneth E. Morris Paperback - 432 pages Reprint edition Univ of Georgia Pr; ISBN: 082031949X

Jimmy Carter as President; Leadership and the Politics of the Public Good by Erwin C. Hargrove, James Sterling Young Paperback - 211 pages (December 1988) Louisiana State University Press; ISBN: 0807124257

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
Univ Pr of Kansas; ISBN: 0700608958

Conversations With Carter
by Jimmy Carter, Don Richardson (Editor)
Paperback - 300 pages
Lynne Rienner Publishers; ISBN: 1555878016

The Democrats : From Jefferson to Clinton
by Robert Allen Rutland, Jimmy Carter
Paperback - 263 pages Updated edition
University of Missouri Press; ISBN: 0826210341

First Lady from Plains
by Rosalynn Carter
Paperback (December )
Univ of Arkansas Pr; ISBN: 1557283559

A Government As Good As Its People
by Jimmy Carter
Paperback - 224 pages Reprint edition
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
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
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
Times Books; ISBN: 0812922999

The Carter Presidency : A Re-Evaluation
by John Dumbrell
Paperback - 235 pages 2nd edition
Manchester Univ Pr; ISBN: 0719046939
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Talking Peace : A Vision for the Next Generation
by Jimmy Carter
Reading level: Young Adult
Library Binding: Econo-Clad Books; ISBN: 0785777792; (October 1999
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