Bibliograph

His very best, Jimmy Carter, a life, Jonathan Alter

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His very best, Jimmy Carter, a life, Jonathan Alter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-741) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

His very best

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1135664106

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Alter

Sub title

Jimmy Carter, a life

Summary

An intimate portrait of the thirty-ninth president draws on fresh archival material to trace Jimmy Carter's improbable rise from a humble peanut farmer and complex man of faith to an American president and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian

Table Of Contents

Prologue : June 1979 -- Part one. Sources of strength. Daddy and Hot ; The Carters and the Gordys ; Miss Julia ; Annapolis ; Rosalynn ; The Rickover way -- Part two. Georgia on his mind. The joiner ; "There's nothing I can do" ; Senator Carter ; The greasy pole ; Born again ; The code word campaign ; "He said whaaat?" ; Jungle Jimmy -- Part three. Dark horse. Jimmy who? ; The long march ; Front-runner ; Grits and Fritz ; "Lust in my heart" -- Part four. Outsider president. "Let's go!" ; The moral equivalent of war ; The steel magnolia ; His inner engineer ; "Bert, I'm proud of you" -- Part five. Peacemaker. Human rights ; Panama Canal squeaker ; Camp David ; Recognizing China -- Part six. Swamped. The fall of the Shah ; The "Malaise" speech ; Touching bottom ; Ready for Teddy? ; America held hostage ; Reheating the Cold War ; Disaster at Desert One ; Are you better off? ; Inaugural drama -- Part seven. Global citizen. Exile ; The Carter Center ; Freelance Secretary of State ; Sunday school teacher

Target audience

adult

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Jimmy Carter, a life

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