Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter - by Mark I West & Frye Gaillard (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter brings together original essays about the thirty-two books that President Jimmy Carter wrote over the course of his life. Since Carter wrote most of these books after completing his term as president, this collection sheds light on Carter's remarkable post-presidency years"--

Book Synopsis

The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter brings together original essays about the thirty-two books that President Jimmy Carter wrote over the course of his life. Since Carter wrote most of these books after completing his term as president, this collection sheds light on Carter's remarkable post-presidency years.

Review Quotes

Instead of paid speeches, corporate boards and celebrity golf, Jimmy Carter made his living after leaving office writing books, each a reflection of a different part of his astonishing life as a Renaissance Man. These essays illuminate the 39th president#39;s large and eclectic literary output and bolster the broad reassessment of Carter now underway.

About the Author

Mark I. West is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught since 1984. He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading (2023) and Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill (2022).
Frye Gaillard, former writer in residence at the University of South Alabama, is a journalist-historian who has written more than 30 books. His award-winning titles include A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s (an NPR best book of 2018); Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America; and Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy.