When Jimmy Carter, a one-term Georgia governor, announced his bid for the presidency in December 1974, it was hard to take his ambitions seriously. A Gallup poll at the time asked voters to rank 31 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When Jimmy Carter passed away at the end of 2024, he left a remarkable legacy—including a literary one.

He grew up on a peanut farm. He served in the submarine fleet. He won a longshot campaign to be the 39th president. He devoted himself to global health, peace and democracy. From humble beginnings to ...

"THE LITERARY LEGACY OF JIMMY CARTER: ESSAYS ON THE PRESIDENT'S BOOKS," edited by Mark I. West and Frye Gaillard (Rowman & Littlefield, 344 pages, $120). When Jimmy Carter died last December at age ...

It is *** great day in your life, Mr. President of the United States. You have worked so hard. So insistently, so consistently. To achieve this goal, the signing of the Camp David peace accords in ...

Jimmy Carter, who lies in state today at the Capitol, was a small-D Democratic leader. That means embracing debate and criticism, which Carter did during his presidency and long afterward. When he ...