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The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter brings together original essays about the thirty-two books that President Jimmy Carter wrote over the course of his life. Since Carter wrote most of these books after completing his term as president, this collection sheds light on Carter's remarkable post-presidency years.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Reflections on President Jimmy Carter's Career as an Author
Mark I. West and Frye Gaillard1. Jimmy Carter's Books from His First Presidential Campaign:
Why Not the Best and
A Government as Good as Its PeopleMark I. West2. Reflections on Jimmy Carter's
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a PresidentFrye Gaillard3.
The Blood of Abraham: Jimmy Carter's Search for Peace in the Middle East
Ben Cohen4. Finding Our Way Again: An Essay on the Carters' Memoir
Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life Charlotte Pence5. Baptism by Fire: Jimmy Carter's First Election as Recounted in
Turning PointKaye Lanning Minchew6. Absorbed in the Wilderness: Jimmy Carter's
An Outdoor JournalMarilynn S. Olson7. A President's Poetic Journey:
Always a ReckoningEmily Seelbinder8.
The Litle Baby Snoogle-Fleejer: Jimmy Carter's Story for Children
Paula T. Connolly9. A Firm Foundation: Jimmy Carter's Reflections on His Life in
A Living Faith and
Sources of StrengthRonald F. Lunsford10. Thinking Out Loud: Jimmy Carter's Thoughts on Aging in
The Virtues of Aging and
A Full LifeBoyd Davis and Meredith Troutman-Jordan11.
An Hour Before Daylight and
Christmas in Plains: Jimmy Carter's Narratives of HomeJeffrey B. Leak12. A Presidential First:
The Hornet's Nest, Jimmy Carter's Historical Novel
Paula Gallant Eckard13.
Sharing Good Times: Jimmy Carter on Making Lasting Memories
Daniel Shealy14. A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Jimmy Carter's
Our Endangered ValuesMichael J. Brown15.
Cri de coeur: Jimmy Carter's
Palestine Peace Not ApartheidNancy Mitchell16.
Beyond the White House: Jimmy Carter's Reflections on His Post-Presidency Years
Cynthia Tucker and Frye Gaillard17.
A Remarkable Mother: Jimmy Carter's Tribute to Miss Lillian
Kathy Merlock Jackson18. A Jimmy Carter Sequel:
We Can Have Peace in the Holy LandFrye Gaillard19. Jimmy Carter's Day-to-Day Life as President:
White House DiaryOrville Vernon Burton20. Challenging Patriarchy: Jimmy Carter's
A Call to ActionRichard W. Leeman21. Working with His Hands:
The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter and
The Paintings of Jimmy CarterFrye Gaillard and Caroline Gebhard22. Swansong: Jimmy Carter's Parting Gift of
Faith: A Journey for AllMark A. Lempke23. A Selective Bibliography of Jimmy Carter's Writings
Camille McCutcheonIndex
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the author
Mark I. West is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught since 1984. He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including
Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading (2023) and
Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill (2022).
Frye Gaillard, former writer in residence at the University of South Alabama, is a journalist-historian who has written more than 30 books. His award-winning titles include
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s (an NPR best book of 2018);
Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America; and
Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy.
