Description
Book SynopsisIn an American story of enduring importance, Jimmy Carter recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm, before the civil rights movement that changed it and the country.
Trade Review"An American classic." * The New Yorker *
"A love story of a man's passion for his home, his family, and...for his fellow man...Will stay in the mind long after the last page is read." * United Press International *
"More than just an engaging memoir, this book is first-rate social history, a portrait of a subculture of America...a genetic road map of the making of a president." * Ray Jenkins, Baltimore Sun *
"Captivating." * Jesse Birnbaum, Time *
"A lovely and haunting piece of work...conveys with quiet passion...its author's love for the place in which he grew up and where, he says, he expects to rest for eternity." * Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World *
Table of ContentsContentsONE
Land, Farm, and PlaceTWO
Sharecropping as a Way of LifeTHREE
Hard Times, and PoliticsFOUR
My Life as a Young PupFIVE
My Mama and DaddySIX
Boiled Peanuts in PlainsSEVEN
Breaking Ground, to Be a ManEIGHT
Learning More About LifeNINE
Learning About SinTEN
The Carters of GeorgiaELEVEN
The Navy Versus PlainsACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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