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

<b>"An American classic." --<i>The New Yorker</i></b> <p/><b><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.</b> <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> 01/01/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 464<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.80lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.54h x 6.48w x 1.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780743212205<br><b>Large Print</b><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal Prepub Alert</i> 09/15/2000 pg. 56<br><i>Library Journal</i> 09/15/2000<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Jimmy Carter was the thirty