An Hour before Daylight: ; Memories of a Rural Boyhood

Carter, Jimmy

ISBN 10: 0743211995 / ISBN 13: 9780743211994

Published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, NY, 2001

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Two faint splatter stains to top edge at/very near spine. ; Illus. , signed by the author on the title page, "J Carter", jacket now in a clear protector ; 284 pages; Author Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 43663

Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Hour before Daylight: ; Memories of a Rural Boyhood
• Publisher: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, NY
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743211995
• ISBN 13: 9780743211994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fourth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

“An American classic.” —The New Yorker

In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.

Carter 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.

Carter'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.

About the Author

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he and his wife founded The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, and was the author of thirty books, including A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety; A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood; and Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis. He died in 2024 at the age of 100.