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In this powerful memoir, former President and bestselling author Jimmy Carter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy. He offers an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and strict segregationist who treated black workers with his own brand of 'separate' respect andâŚ
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Carter has written a huge number of books, including a historical novel and a volume of poetry, but this one is definitely his best. Like Coolidge's, itâs simple, detail-driven, and always personal, capturing Carter's Georgia childhood and connecting it to bigger issues like the Great Depression and the Jim Crow South. There's a handful of shorter, more intimate books by ex-presidentsânot only Carterâs but also Harry Trumanâs Mr. Citizen and Dwight Eisenhowerâs At Easeâand these books always read better and reveal more than their authorsâ official presidential memoirs. I wish more ex-presidents would follow Coolidge in writing that punchyâŚ
From Craig's list on written by American presidents.
Carter grew up amid Jim Crow segregation on a farm in Archery, Georgia. While his family wasnât poor, the farm had no running water, electricity or mechanized equipment until Carter was 11. Carter has written 31 books, and this is his best: Itâs warm, evocative and revealing of his character development.
From Jonathan's list on Jimmy Carter.
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