For many years, the 39th president generated little attention from authors. But recently books have sought to re-evaluate his ...
Carter published his first book, a campaign autobiography titled “Why Not the Best?” in 1975. Since then, he’s written more than 30 works. “Of all our modern Presidents, Jimmy Carter was ...
The author of a Jimmy Carter biography, Jonathan Alter, shares what it was like for Carter growing up in Plains and throughout his journey to the White House.
As we mourn the death of President Jimmy Carter, one of only 45 people to serve as our chief executive, we can celebrate an extraordinary life. More than 100 years spanning 17 presidencies from ...
The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from ...
Rev. Tony Lowden will read a prayer Thursday in Washington and then preside over the private, final service for President Jimmy Carter in Plains.
The 39th president helped create the U.S. Department of Education. He had also been a school board member and an ...
Alter indicates that Carter by-and-large, avoided any involvement in the civil rights movement, including never meeting with ...