The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter
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The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter

Essays on the President's Books

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter

Essays on the President's Books

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 ā€“ and to some, unexpected ā€“ 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 ā€“ 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

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. INTRODUCTION: Reflections on President Jimmy Carterā€™s Career as an Author
  9. Chapter 1: Jimmy Carterā€™s Books from His First Presidential Campaign: Why Not the Best? and A Government as Good as Its People
  10. Chapter 2: Reflections on Jimmy Carterā€™s Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
  11. Chapter 3: The Blood of Abraham: Jimmy Carterā€™s Search for Peace in the Middle East
  12. Chapter 4: Finding Our Way Again: An Essay on the Cartersā€™ Memoir Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
  13. Chapter 5: Baptism by Fire: Jimmy Carterā€™s First Election as Recounted in Turning Point
  14. Chapter 6: Absorbed in the Wilderness: President Carterā€™s An Outdoor Journal
  15. Chapter 7: A Presidentā€™s Poetic Journey: Always a Reckoning
  16. Chapter 8: The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer: Jimmy Carterā€™s Story for Children
  17. Chapter 9: A Firm Foundation: Jimmy Carterā€™s Reflections on His Life in A Living Faith and Sources of Strength
  18. Chapter 10: Thinking Out Loud: Jimmy Carterā€™s Thoughts on Aging in The Virtues of Aging and A Full Life
  19. Chapter 11: An Hour Before Daylight and Christmas in Plains: Jimmy Carterā€™s Narratives of Home
  20. Chapter 12: A Presidential First: The Hornetā€™s Nest, Jimmy Carterā€™s Historical Novel
  21. Chapter 13: Sharing Good Times: Jimmy Carter on Making Lasting Memories
  22. Chapter 14: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Jimmy Carterā€™s Our Endangered Values
  23. Chapter 15: Cri de coeur: Jimmy Carterā€™s Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
  24. Chapter 16: Beyond the White House: Jimmy Carterā€™s Reflections on His Post-Presidency Years
  25. Chapter 17: A Remarkable Mother: Jimmy Carterā€™s Tribute to Miss Lillian
  26. Chapter 18: A Jimmy Carter Sequel: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land
  27. Chapter 19: Jimmy Carterā€™s Day-to-Day Life as President: White House Diary
  28. Chapter 20: Challenging Patriarchy: Jimmy Carterā€™s A Call to Action
  29. Chapter 21: Working with His Hands: The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter and The Paintings of Jimmy Carter
  30. Chapter 22: Swan Song: Jimmy Carterā€™s Parting Gift of Faith: A Journey for All
  31. Chapter 23: A Selective Bibliography of President Jimmy Carterā€™s Writings
  32. Index
  33. About the Contributors
  34. About the Editors