Who Was Jimmy Carter?

By David Stabler, Who HQ, Who H.Q., et al.

Book Overview

How did a peanut farmer from a small town in Georgia become the 39th President of the United States? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series

Everyone was rather surprised when small-town farmer Jimmy Carter first announced that he'd be running for president in 1976. When Jimmy told his mother, she replied, "President of what?" But this former naval officer and governor of Georgia was ready for the role.

Jimmy Carter went on to become one of America's most beloved political figures thanks to his honesty, strong faith, and compassion. Today, Jimmy Carter is remembered for his dedication to helping Americans through his extensive work as a philanthropist. He and his wife, Rosalynn, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, building houses for the less fortunate and inspiring others to a life of service.

Who Was Jimmy Carter? details the entire life of Jimmy Carter, beginning with his 1924 birth in Plains, Georgia. Readers will learn about his life as a peanut farmer, a Sunday school teacher, a president, a Nobel Prize winner, and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593387384
• ISBN13: 9780593387382
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Misplaced Esteem

Carter fostered double-digit inflation & unemployment at home and was correctly regarded as a weakling abroad. His worst infamy was undercutting the pro-USA government of Shah Reza Pahlavi. Jimmy Carter's promotion of Ayatollah Khomeini & the resulting terrorist Islamic state has resulted in death & suffering for Americans, but principally the Persian people themselves for half-a-century. A broad beaming smile does not cover his culpability for what we are now going through to end the long nightmare he created!

A fine book about a fine president

For 8-adult interested in USA recent history. Great statesman great person and couple. I wish we could only have moral presidents.