An Hour Before Daylight
Author | : Jimmy Carter |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2001-06-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780743217255 |
ISBN-13 | : 074321725X |
Rating | : 4/5 (25X Downloads) |
Download or read book An Hour Before Daylight written by Jimmy Carter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An American classic.” —The New Yorker In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. 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. 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.