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An hour before daylight : memories of a rural boyhood  Cover Image Book Book

An hour before daylight : memories of a rural boyhood / Jimmy Carter.

Summary:

The former president offers an account of growing up on a Georgia farm during the Depression and provides profiles of the people who shaped his life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0743211936 :
  • ISBN: 0743211995 (trade pbk) :
  • Physical Description: 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Land, Farm, and Place -- Sharecropping as a Way of Life -- Hard Times, and Politics -- My Life as a Young Pup -- My Mama and Daddy -- Boiled Peanuts in Plains -- Breaking Ground, to Be a Man -- Learning More About Life -- Learning About Sin -- The Carters of Georgia -- The Navy Versus Plains.
Target Audience Note:
1360L Lexile
Subject: Carter, Jimmy, 1924- > Childhood and youth.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Farmers > Georgia > Plains > Biography.
Plains (Ga.) > Biography.
Plains (Ga.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Country life > Georgia > Plains > History > 20th century.
Plains Region (Ga.) > Rural conditions > 20th century.
Carter family.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Abington Community Library 92 CARTER (Text) 50687010401910 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 CARTER (Text) 50686011633323 Storage Available -
North Pocono Public Library 92 CARTER (Text) 50691010186257 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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