{"product_id":"books-an-hour-before-daylight-by-jimmy-carter","title":"An Hour Before Daylight","description":"\u003cb\u003e“An American classic.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn An Hour Before Daylight,\u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Strength,\u003c\/i\u003e recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy, offering an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and a strict segregationist who treated black workers with respect and fairness; his strong-willed and well-read mother; and the five other people who shaped his early life, three of whom were black.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCarter's clean and eloquent prose evokes a time when the cycles of life were predictable and simple and the rules were heartbreaking and complex. In his singular voice and with a novelist's gift for detail, Jimmy Carter creates a sensitive portrait of an era that shaped the nation and recounts a classic, American story of enduring importance.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53769240379665,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780743212205.jpg?v=1783949921","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-an-hour-before-daylight-by-jimmy-carter","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}