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The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter
Essays on the President's Books
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About this book
Jimmy Carter's expansive body of writing ranges across the genres of memoir, commentary, children's literature, poetry, and a novel about the Revolutionary War. Editors Mark I. West and Frye Gaillard have assembled a group of award-winning journalists, poets, historians, and literary scholars to reflect on this substantial – and to some, unexpected – dimension of Carter's legacy. Collectively, these essays, including several by the editors themselves, document a through-line of ethical integrity, perspective, and insight that runs through Carter's writing – from his controversial trilogy on peace in the Middle East to his personal reflections on his Georgia boyhood. Carter never used a ghost writer. As a result, his distinct voice and point of view comes through in every book that he published.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: Reflections on President Jimmy Carter’s Career as an Author
- Chapter 1: Jimmy Carter’s Books from His First Presidential Campaign: Why Not the Best? and A Government as Good as Its People
- Chapter 2: Reflections on Jimmy Carter’s Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
- Chapter 3: The Blood of Abraham: Jimmy Carter’s Search for Peace in the Middle East
- Chapter 4: Finding Our Way Again: An Essay on the Carters’ Memoir Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
- Chapter 5: Baptism by Fire: Jimmy Carter’s First Election as Recounted in Turning Point
- Chapter 6: Absorbed in the Wilderness: President Carter’s An Outdoor Journal
- Chapter 7: A President’s Poetic Journey: Always a Reckoning
- Chapter 8: The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer: Jimmy Carter’s Story for Children
- Chapter 9: A Firm Foundation: Jimmy Carter’s Reflections on His Life in A Living Faith and Sources of Strength
- Chapter 10: Thinking Out Loud: Jimmy Carter’s Thoughts on Aging in The Virtues of Aging and A Full Life
- Chapter 11: An Hour Before Daylight and Christmas in Plains: Jimmy Carter’s Narratives of Home
- Chapter 12: A Presidential First: The Hornet’s Nest, Jimmy Carter’s Historical Novel
- Chapter 13: Sharing Good Times: Jimmy Carter on Making Lasting Memories
- Chapter 14: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Jimmy Carter’s Our Endangered Values
- Chapter 15: Cri de coeur: Jimmy Carter’s Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
- Chapter 16: Beyond the White House: Jimmy Carter’s Reflections on His Post-Presidency Years
- Chapter 17: A Remarkable Mother: Jimmy Carter’s Tribute to Miss Lillian
- Chapter 18: A Jimmy Carter Sequel: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land
- Chapter 19: Jimmy Carter’s Day-to-Day Life as President: White House Diary
- Chapter 20: Challenging Patriarchy: Jimmy Carter’s A Call to Action
- Chapter 21: Working with His Hands: The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter and The Paintings of Jimmy Carter
- Chapter 22: Swan Song: Jimmy Carter’s Parting Gift of Faith: A Journey for All
- Chapter 23: A Selective Bibliography of President Jimmy Carter’s Writings
- Index
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
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