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An Hour Before Daylight - by Jimmy Carter (Paperback)

An Hour Before Daylight - by  Jimmy Carter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>In An Hour Before Daylight, </i> Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of <i>Living Faith</i> and <i>Sources of Strength, </i> recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>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"<br><br>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"<br><br>An American classic.-- "The New Yorker"<br><br>Captivating.-- "Jesse Birnbaum, Time"<br><br>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"<br>

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