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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924-1974 Hardcover – November 7, 2010

by E. Stanly Godbold Jr. (Author)

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Covering their lives from childhood to the end of the Georgia governorship, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is one of the few major biographies of an American president that pays significant attention to the First Lady. So deeply were their lives and aspirations intertwined, a close friend once
remarked: "You can't really understand Jimmy Carter unless you know Rosalynn." The story of one is the story of the other.

To recount their remarkable lives, E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. draws on academic and military records, the governor's correspondence, the recollections of the Carters themselves, as well as original, unpublished interviews with a wide variety of participants in the Carters' political and personal lives.
The book reveals a man who was far more complex than the peanut farmer of popular myth, a man who cited both Reinhold Niebuhr and Bob Dylan as early influences on his legal philosophy, was heir to a sizable fortune, and who, with the help of Rosalynn, built a lucrative agribusiness. Nicknamed
"Hotshot" by his father, Carter was the first president born in a hospital, rode a motorcycle before entering politics, counted Tolstoy, Dylan Thomas, William Faulkner, and James Agee among his favorite authors, and claimed his wife Rosalynn as the most influential person in his life.

Volume I in this two-volume biography details how the Carters rose to power, managed their private and public lives, governed Georgia, and seized control of the national Democratic party. The cast of colorful characters includes "Miss Allie" Smith, "Mr. Earl" and "Miss Lillian," brother Billy,
Rachel Clark, Admiral Rickover, George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Richard Nixon, daughter Amy, Charles Kirbo, Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell, and many more. It is a sweeping, Faulknerian tale of individuals who would change the image of the South in the national mind and the role of the South in the
presidency. Indeed, Carter shocked the state of Georgia and the entire country by calling for an end to racial discrimination in 1971, thus launching his national political career.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter neither sanctifies nor vilifies the Carters but offers instead an even-handed, brilliantly researched, and utterly absorbing account of two ordinary people whose lives together took them to the heights of power and public service in America.

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392 pages
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English
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Oxford University Press
Publication date

November 7, 2010
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9.3 x 1.4 x 6.5 inches
ISBN-10

019975344X
ISBN-13

978-0199753444
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*Starred Review* “You can’t really understand Jimmy Carter unless you know Rosalynn,” writes the author, quoting from a close friend of the former first couple. In this first of two projected volumes, Godbold, professor emeritus of history at Mississippi State University, tracks Jimmy and Rosalynn together from their Plains, Georgia, childhoods to their marriage in 1946; through Jimmy’s election to the Georgia state senate in 1962 and that state’s governorship in 1970; to the announcement of his candidacy, in 1974, for U.S. president. Godbold displays an obvious respect for both of his subjects, but he doesn’t hesitate to show Jimmy’s bare-knuckles style of campaigning and governing as well as his tendency to make crucial decisions—to drop a promising naval career to return to the family business in Plains, and to run for that state’s governorship, for example—without so much as consulting Rosalynn. The author makes an effort to simply lay out the facts, but readers can’t help seeing something Machiavellian in Carter’s climb to the top and also something noble in his efforts to advance the lives of long-suffering African Americans in his state. A copiously researched but compact and highly readable book. --Alan Moores

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"Stanly Godbold knows more about Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter than any other scholar. He brings to this book a fluent writing style, thorough knowledge of Georgia politics, and sensitivity to southern culture, all of which allow him to go beyond prevailing clichés about the Carters."--Leo P. Ribuffo,
George Washington University

"An engrossing story, told with verve and superb literary style, that squarely sets Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter where they need to be: at the heart of American politics and reform in post-WWII America."-- Jamil S. Zainaldin, President, Georgia Humanities Council

"This book is a stunning accomplishment. In simple and spare prose, E. Stanly Godbold lays out the engrossing story of two complex and remarkable individuals who, together, constitute a formidable couple."--Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Godbold displays an obvious respect for both of his subjects, but he doesn't hesitate to show Jimmy's bare-knuckles style of campaigning and governing as well as his tendency to make crucial decisions. A copiously researched but compact and highly readable book." --Booklist *Starred Review*

"Lucidly written biography" -- The Times Literary Supplement

"A thoroughly researched and evenhanded look at Carter's journey from a farm in southern Georgia to his improbable decision to run for the presidency." -- Journal of American History

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (November 7, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019975344X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199753444
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.56 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.3 x 1.4 x 6.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,211,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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S. S. Wansbrough

Well-balanced read about two significant lives

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014

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This is a thoughtful and well-written study about teamwork, the teamwork of a husband and wife with very great ambitions but starting from a very small town. Rosalyn proves to be as much a part of Carter's career as he was, supporting when necessary, pushing when necessary. The degree of their ambition and political cunning may surprise some who see Carter only as the benevolent do-gooder, but that is what it takes to make it to any high level in politics. This biography does a good job of capturing the love story, which is genuine, the compassion, also genuine, as well as the political ruthlessness.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2012

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I have mixed feelings about this book. While some of the material in the book were very interesting and informative, I found other parts to dragged out and boring. I'm a Cater fan and was hoping for a better read.

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Stanly

I naturally think it is the best account available of this fascinating couple's personal and professional ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2015

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Since I wrote this book, I naturally think it is the best account available of this fascinating couple's personal and professional lives through Carter's governorship. Those who wish to understand the Carter presidency and post-presidency will find this account of their lives in Plains, the Navy, and Georgia politics essential.

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Warren Merkle

Carter Revealed

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2014

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Mr. Household presents an in depth study into President Carter's early years with an attention to detail I've never seen. This volume is a must read for all history students.

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2012

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This easy-reading book portrays the Carters as the genuine people they are and with their great compassion for all people. It brings out many interesting details from early in their lives.

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Carolyn Wheeler

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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2013

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Lived in Georgia most of my life so familiar with President and Mrs. Carter. I even worked at his campaign headquarters during 1976 campaign. Interesting to read about the early years.

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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: the Georgia Years 1924-1974

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2012

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I learned a great deal more about these two people who have come to respect so much since the presidential years. They have done so much to help poor people to get decent housing through Habitat for Humanity. However, their record in the earlier years in politics was very disappointing to me.

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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michael Billington

Excellent book on Carter's life Prior to the Presidency

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2013

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This is an excellent duel biography which chronicles the life of both Carter's prior to the White House. Would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the Carter's and American politics.

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