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Jimmy Carter's Georgia hometown has been the one constant in his life, and he pays tribute to it with Christmas in Plains, a collection of holiday memories from his childhood through his Navy days, his time as Georgia governor and . president, and his very active retirement.

Jimmy Carter's Georgia hometown has been the one constant in his life, and he pays tribute to it with Christmas in Plains, a collection of holiday memories from his childhood through his Navy days, his time as Georgia governor and . As a schoolboy, Carter looked forward to painting many-colored magnolia leaves to mix in with the holly on the mantle.

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Only 5 left in stock (more on the way). Jimmy Carter has written another American classic in the tradition of Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory and Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales.

In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood - the simplicity of family . hostage in Iran, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy went by themselves to Camp David, where they felt lonely.

In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood - the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father's eggnog, the children's house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke's story of the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors' poverty. Later, away at Annapolis, he always went.

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength . Christmas in Plains - Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait. In my earliest memories of Christmas, beginning about 1930 and including my childhood and formative years, I was closely encapsulated with just a few others: my parents, my older sister, Gloria, and our baby sister, Ruth. My brother, Billy, came along much later.

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait. In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood-the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father’s eggnog, the children’s house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke’s story of the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors’ poverty.

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and . Since the Carters returned home to Plains for good, they have always been there on Christmas Day, with only one exception in forty-eight years: In 1980, with Americans held hostage in Iran, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy went by themselves to Camp David, where they felt lonely.

Christmas in Plains : memories. Books for People with Print Disabilities. by. Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Carter, Amy. Publication date. Regional Subjects - South, General, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Autobiography, phy, Personal Memoirs, Presidents & Heads of State, Biography & Autobiography, General, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, Christmas, Presidents, Governors. New York : Simon & Schuster. Internet Archive Books. t on October 18, 2011.

Jimmy Carter who served as thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. After leaving the White House, he and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health around the world.

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Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981). For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush (1995), pp 425-56

Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981). For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush (1995), pp 425-56. Kaufman, Diane, and Scott Kaufman. Historical Dictionary of the Carter Era (Scarecrow, 2013) 301 pp. Rosenbaum, Herbert D. and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds. Jimmy Carter: Foreign Policy and Post-Presidential Years (1994) 532pp; essays by experts online, 532pp.