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Article: Jimmy Carter, An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood.(Book Review)
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- March 1, 2003
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Reviewed by Jane Manaster
JIMMY CARTER WAS RAISED in the rural south during the 1930s. He became the thirty-ninth president of the United States in 1977. When he left office four years later, he turned his energies to writing and to spearheading Habitat for Humanity, a charitable organization dedicated to building homes for underprivileged people. Throughout his years in office, and ever since, his integrity and public-spirited actions have captivated Americans across the political spectrum. The book, An Hour before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, which chronicles Carter's childhood, is particularly noteworthy for social ...