An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood -- Jimmy Carter

<i>In An Hour Before Daylight, </i> Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of <i>Living Faith</i> and <i>Sources of Strength, </i> recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. <p/>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. <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jimmy Carter<br><b>Publisher:</b> Simon & Schuster<br><b>Published:</b> 10/16/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.88lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.20h x 6.08w x 0.78d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780743211994