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When a little-known former Southern Governor named Jimmy Carter decided to seek the Presidency, he wrote, "Why Not the Best?" as a means of letting voters know who he was and his sense of values. The title comes from a question Admiral Rickover asked him during a job interview, following his graduation from the Naval Academy. "Did you do your best?" Rickover asked. Carter initially answered "yes sir" but after some thought said, "no sir, I didn't always do my best." Describing the scene years later, Carter writes, "He asked one final question which I have never been able to forget-or to answer. He said, "Why not?"
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- PublisherBroadman Press
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0805455825
- ISBN 13 9780805455823
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full green leather gilt, AEG, moire endpages, ribbon marker. Signed by Jimmy Carter to the title page. Fine condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154,[2] pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 53027
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Hard Cover. Condition: NF. No Additional Printings Noted. Octavo. Green leather (or leather like) boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board and a shiny gilt presidential seal on the front board. Book has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the two front outside corners. Orange endpapers. Signed by the former President/author on the free front endpaper in black pen. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 208 pages. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout. No dust jacket, as issued. Signed by the Author. Seller Inventory # 012475
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Signed "J Carter" directly to FFEP. No inscription, no other markings. Presidential Edition, issued without DJ. Green boards, presidential seal on front cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000903
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