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An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood
Contributor(s): Carter, Jimmy (Author)

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 ISBN: 0743211995     ISBN-13: 9780743211994
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2001
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Annotation: Born on October 1, 1924, Jimmy Carter grew up on a Georgia farm during the Great Depression. In "An Hour Before Daylight", the former president tells the story of his rural boyhood and paints a sensitive portrait of America before the civil rights movement. 37 photos.
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Dewey: B
LCCN: 00048248
Lexile Measure: 1360(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.08" W x 9.2" L (0.88 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Cultural Region - South
- Geographic Orientation - Georgia
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.

Carter 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.

Carter'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.

Contributor Bio(s): Carter, Jimmy: - Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he and his wife founded The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He is the author of thirty books, including A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety; A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood; and Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis.
 
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