{"product_id":"an-hour-before-daylight-jimmy-carter-9780743212205","title":"An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An American classic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn An Hour Before Daylight, \u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Strength, \u003c\/i\u003e recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarter 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarter'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jimmy Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743212207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743212205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.48w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2000 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2000","brand":"Jimmy Carter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995579547903,"sku":"9780743212205","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95f49a88-7a1a-43e8-baaa-78c8b9bcb94b.jpg?v=1683336623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-hour-before-daylight-jimmy-carter-9780743212205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}