JIMMY CARTER: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency

By Peter G. Bourne

Book Overview

A perfect amount of time has elapsed for beginning a proper historical understanding of Jimmy Carter--enough to allow the emotions of witnesses and participants to cool, but not enough to overly dim... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684195437
• ISBN13: 9780684195438
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 553 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Comprehensive Book

I'm a Republican who nevertheless admired Jimmy Carter greatly, and I am saddened by his recent petulant rants agains President George W. Bush. He has every right to diagree with him but succumbing to the conspiracy theories of the wacko left is unseemly for a former President. Bourne needs to write a sequel.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Peanut Farmer...!

I walked through the isles of my public library looking for something to read. There was a large book with the words ' JIMMY CARTER' written on it that was sticking out of a shelf. I picked it up and decided to read it. This has been one of the best choices for reading I have ever made. Jimmy Carter is an extrodinary man, who's life is a lot more detailed and complex than I would have thought. This biography traces his life from birth, through the Navy, State Senatorial duties, Governorship and his Presidency. Jimmy Carter is shown as the admirable and honest man that he is. A real role model for all, Jimmy Carter is amazing, and so is this book.