Jimmy Carter by Kaye Minchew

Jimmy Carter by Kaye Minchew

Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South uses photographs and oral histories to illuminate the distinctly Southern life of the former President. The South nurtured Carter, provided a launching pad for his political career, and supported the various activities of his post-presidential life.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter both grew up in Plains, Georgia. Upon returning to Plains after attending Georgia Tech and serving in the Navy, Carter farmed and ran a peanut warehouse while he and Rosalynn raised their family. In 1962, he won election to the Georgia Senate and became Governor just eight years later. With the assistance of many Georgians, he was sworn in as President of the United States in 1977.

After losing his bid for reelection, Carter returned home to Plains. Folks from across the South welcomed Jimmy and Rosalynn back home. Soon after planting themselves in the South once again, Carter became a professor at Emory University and established both the Carter Presidential Library and the Carter Center in Atlanta. The Carters also became deeply involved with the Americus, Georgia charity, Habitat for Humanity.

Indeed, it was in these post-presidential years that Carter cemented his status as a Citizen of the South and established himself as a force for good in Georgia, throughout the South, and across the world.

Kaye Lanning Minchew's Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South is a touching, thoughtful book that helps even those of us who know Jimmy Carter understand better how the South in general, Georgia, and his hometown of Plains (where he was raised and to which returned after serving as the thirty-ninth president of the United States) provided a grounding for the values that made him one of the most consequential one-term presidents in modern history and the most productive former president in American historyMinchew is to be congratulated for adding an important dimension to our appreciation of the life and times of Jimmy Carter. How well do you know Jimmy Carter of Georgia? Who is this extraordinary citizen, politician, husband, father, world figure, and person of faith? If you think you know him, look again. In this remarkable book combining the art of storytelling with photography, the Carter you thought you knew is reborn in every page. And in this pictorial unfolding of a life, we sense an exceptional humanity at work in the world. We need this book, now more than ever.

Kaye Lanning Minchew was the executive director of the Troup County Historical Society and Archives for more than thirty years. Now retired, she serves as an archival consultant and lives in LaGrange, Georgia.

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ISBN 13	9780820357409
ISBN 10	0820357405
Title	Jimmy Carter
Author	Kaye Minchew
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Georgia Press
Year published	2021-06-30
Number of pages	344
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