His very best: Jimmy Carter, a life
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Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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Large Print
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Large print edition.
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1,149 pages, 16 unnumbered pages (large print) : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Alter tells the story Jimmy Carter, whose presidency put him at the center of major events in the 20th; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health put him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st. Drawing on fresh archival material and five years of extensive access to Carter and his entire family, Alter traces Carter from a timid, bookish child to an obscure, born-again governor whose 1976 campaign took him from zero percent to the presidency. A stubborn outsider who failed politically amid the bad economy of the 1970s, Carter amassed an historic environmental record, set a new global standard for human rights, and normalized relations with China.
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9781432884529, 1432884522
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 1017-1142).
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Alter tells the story Jimmy Carter, whose presidency put him at the center of major events in the 20th; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health put him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st. Drawing on fresh archival material and five years of extensive access to Carter and his entire family, Alter traces Carter from a timid, bookish child to an obscure, born-again governor whose 1976 campaign took him from zero percent to the presidency. A stubborn outsider who failed politically amid the bad economy of the 1970s, Carter amassed an historic environmental record, set a new global standard for human rights, and normalized relations with China.
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Alter, J. (2020). His very best: Jimmy Carter, a life. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Alter, Jonathan. 2020. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Alter, Jonathan, His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Alter, Jonathan. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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