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James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history. Carter was born and raised in Plains, Georgia. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the U.S. Navy's submarine service. Carter returned home afterward and revived his family's peanut-growing business. Opposing racial segregation, Carter supported the growing civil rights movement, and became an activist within the Democratic Party. He served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967 and then as governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. As a dark-horse candidate not well known outside of Georgia, Carter won the Democratic nomination and narrowly defeated the incumbent Republican Party president Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. Carter pardoned all Vietnam War draft evaders on his second day in office. He created a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. Carter successfully pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. He also confronted stagflation. His administration established the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Education. The end of his presidency was marked by the Iran hostage crisis, an energy crisis, the Three Mile Island accident, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In response to the invasion, Carter escalated the Cold War by ending détente, imposing a grain embargo against the Soviets, enunciating the Carter Doctrine, and leading the multinational boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He lost the 1980 presidential election in a landslide to Ronald Reagan, the Republican nominee. After leaving the presidency, Carter established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights; in 2002 he received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to it. He traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, monitor elections, and further the eradication of infectious diseases. Carter is a key figure in the nonprofit housing organization Habitat for Humanity. He has also written numerous books, ranging from political memoirs to poetry, while continuing to comment on global affairs, including two books on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, in which he criticizes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid. Polls of historians and political scientists generally rank Carter as a below-average president, although both scholars and the public view his post-presidential activities more favorably. At 43 years, Carter's post-presidency is the longest in U.S. history. Early life James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, at the Wise Sanitarium, where his mother worked as a registered nurse. Carter thus became the first American president born in a hospital. He is the eldest child of Bessie Lillian Gordy and James Earl Carter Sr.,: 70 and a descendant of English immigrant Thomas Carter, who settled in the Colony of Virginia in 1635. Numerous generations of Carters lived as cotton farmers in Georgia. Plains was a boomtown of 600 people at the time of Carter's birth. His father was a successful local businessman, who ran a general store and was an investor in farmland. Carter's father had previously served as a reserve second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps during World War I. During Carter's infancy, his family moved several times, settling on a dirt road in nearby Archery, which was almost entirely populated by impoverished African American families. His family eventually had three more children: Gloria, Ruth, and Billy. He got along well with his parents. His mother was often absent during his childhood, working long hours. Although his father was staunchly pro-segregation, he allowed Jimmy to befriend the black farmhands' children. Carter was an enterprising teenager who was given his own acre of Earl's farmland, where he grew, packaged, and sold peanuts. He also rented out a section of tenant housing that he had purchased. Education Carter attended Plains High School from 1937 to 1941, graduating from the eleventh grade, since the school did not have a twelfth grade. By that time, Archery and Plains had been impoverished by the Great Depression, but the family benefited from New Deal farming subsidies, and Carter's father took a position as a community leader. Carter himself was a diligent student with a fondness for reading.: 8 A popular anecdote holds that he was passed over for valedictorian after he and his friends skipped school to venture downtown in a hot rod. Carter's truancy was mentioned in a local newspaper, although it is not clear he would have otherwise been valedictorian. As an adolescent, Carter played on the Plains High School basketball team, and also joined Future Farmers of America, which helped him develop a lifelong interest in woodworking. Carter had long dreamed of attending the United States Naval Academy. In 1941, he started undergraduate coursework in engineering at Georgia Southwestern College in nearby Americus, Georgia.: 99 The next year, he transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where civil rights icon Blake Van Leer was president. In 1943, he was admitted to the Naval Academy, from which he received a Bachelor of Science in 1946.: 38 He was a good student but seen as reserved and quiet, in contrast to the academy's culture of aggressive hazing of freshmen.: 62 While at the academy, Carter fell in love with Rosalynn Smith, a friend of his sister Ruth. The two wed shortly after his graduation in 1946, and were married until her death on November 19, 2023. He was a sprint football player for the Navy Midshipmen. Carter graduated 60th out of 821 midshipmen in the class of 1947 with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned as an ensign. Naval career From 1946 to 1953, the Carters lived in Virginia, Hawaii, Connecticut, New York, and California, during his deployments in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. In 1948, he began officer training for submarine duty and served aboard USS Pomfret. He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in 1949, and his service aboard Pomfret included a simulated war patrol to the western Pacific and Chinese coast from January to March of that year. In 1951 he was assigned to the diesel/electric USS K-1 (SSK-1), qualified for command, and served in several positions, to include executive officer. In 1952, he began an association with the Navy's fledgling nuclear submarine program, led then by captain Hyman G. Rickover. Rickover had high standards and demands for his men and machines, and Carter later said that, next to h.... Discover the James Earls popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Earls books.
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Ode to Grapefruit
Kari Lavelle & Bryan CollierBefore legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just Jamesa stutterer who stopped speaking for eight years as a child...and ultimatel...
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State Missouri v. James Earl Ray
Supreme Court of MissouriThe information herein charged the defendant with robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. See Sections 560.120 and 560.135 (unless otherwi...
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State Utah v. Cecil Earl Brooks and James
Supreme Court Of UtahThis is an appeal by defendants Cecil Earl Brooks and James Charles Edward Good from a jury conviction of aggravated assault. The victims were not present at the trial and defendan...
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The Myth of the Lost Cause
Edward H. BonekemperHistory isn't always written by the winners...Twentyfirstcentury controversies over Confederate monuments attest to the enduring significance of our nineteenthcentury Civil War. As...
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Globe
Catharine ArnoldThe life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and con...
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James Earl Hinton v. State Alabama
Supreme Court of AlabamaGOODWYN, Justice. Appellant, James Earl Hinton, was indicted in Pickens County for the offense of murder in the first degree, found guilty and sentenced to death. His ap...
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James Earl Baker v. State Texas
The Texas Court of Criminal AppealsAppellant was convicted of attempted murder and his punishment was assessed by the court at 10 years imprisonment. On appeal the appellant claimed he established the affirmative de...
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August Wilson
Patti HartiganThe first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him.August Wilson w...
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Klandestine
Pate McMichaelJames Earl Ray, an escaped convict from Missouri, was punished for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. despite the fact that he did not fit the caricature of a hangdog raci...
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James Earl Jones v. State of Mississippi
Supreme Court of MississippiJames Earl Jones was tried and convicted for rape by the Circuit Court of Lafayette County. He was sentenced to serve a term of 35 years in the custody of the Mississippi Departmen...
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Ex Parte James Earl Sadberry
761 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas No 71This is a postconviction application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. Applicant plead guilty to the offense of delivery...
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The Company of Trees
Thomas Pakenham'The master. Puts all other modern treewriters in the shade' John LewisStempel, author of MeadowlandThomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees h...
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Hardcourt
Fred BowenCelebrate seventyfive years of the NBA in this exciting and beautifully illustrated middle grade account of the legendary athletes, coaches, and teams that changed basketball forev...
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The Zebra Murders
Prentice Earl Sanders & Ben CohenOn October 20, 1973, in San Francisco, a white couple strolling down Telegraph Hill was set upon and butchered by four young black men. Thus began a reign of terror that lasted six...
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Poems That Make Grown Men Cry
Anthony Holden & Ben HoldenA lifeenhancing tour through classic and contemporary poems that have made men cry: “The Holdens remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a postgraduate in creative writi...
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James Earl Carpenter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of AlabamaTYSON, JUDGE James Earl Carpenter was indicted by the grand jury for the December 21, 1978, first degree murder of Mountain Brook Swim and Tennis Club security guard Oscar Carden. ...
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan PatonAn Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa’s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948. Alan Paton’s i...
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Richard III
William ShakespeareThe authoritative edition of Richard III from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In Richard III, Shakes...
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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
Earl of James Bruce ElginJames, eighth Earl of Elgin and twelfth Earl of Kincardine, was born in London on July 20, 1811. His father, whose career as Ambassador at Constantinople is so well known in connec...
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Dead Wrong
Richard Belzer, David Wayne & Jesse VenturaFor years, the government has put out hits on people that they found “expendable,” or who they felt were “talking too much,” covering up their assassinations with drug overdo...
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A Woman of Influence
Vanessa WilkieThis “engrossing, fastpaced, extremely wellresearched biography” (Booklist) transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, bec...
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The Plot to Kill King
William F. PepperBestselling author, James Earl Ray’s defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.William Pepper was James Earl Ray’s law...
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Karl ShawThe alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy.From R...
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Killing King
Stuart Wexler & Larry HancockPublished in time for the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Killing King uncovers previously unknown FBI files and sources, as well as new forensics t...
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Richard II
William ShakespeareThe authoritative edition of Richard II from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.Shakespeare’s Richard I...
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Till Victory Is Won
Janet Cheatham BellTaking its title from the moving lyrics of the official song of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Till Victory Is Won chr...
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A Memoir of Injustice
Jerry Ray & Tamara CarterIncluding previously undisclosed information on one of the most significant and mysterious events in modern American history, this account debunks the myth that James Earl Ray was ...
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An Abbreviated Life
Ariel Leve“Sometimes, a child is born to a parent who can’t be a parent, and, like a seedling in the shade, has to grow toward a distant sun. Ariel Leve’s spare and powerful memoir will remi...
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An Act of State
William F. PepperThis definitive account of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination collects “an impressive array of testimony and evidence” to offer a new perspective on the conspiracy t...
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The Shadows of London
Andrew TaylorOver 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!‘An absolute delight in a series that goes from strength to strength’ S. G. McLean, prizewinning author of the Seeker series‘This is Taylor...
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Getting Open
Tom Graham"A striking and honest portrait of a man overcoming racism in a place that barely acknowledged its existence." Publishers WeeklyBill Garrett was the Jackie Robinson of college bask...
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State Utah v. James Earl Blair
Supreme Court of WisconsinDefendant James Earl Blair, aka James Earl Smith, appeals from the trial courts denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to the offense of first degree murder. We affirm.
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Hellhound on His Trail
Hampton SidesNATIONAL BESTSELLEREdgar Award NomineeOne of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis PostDispatch, Sa...
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Four Died Trying
John Kirby, Mark Crispin Miller & Libby HandrosThey fought for peace. They fought for justice. The fought for equality. They had to go. In the 1960s, a series of catastrophic assassinations forever altered the course of America...
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
Elizabeth WinklerAn “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrot...
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James Earl Loftin v. State Florida
Supreme Court of FloridaDEKLE, Justice. Submitted for consideration on certiorari upon alleged conflict with Jones v. State, 194 So.2d 24 (Fla.App.3d 1967), is the First District's affirmance at 258 So.2d...
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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
Eighth Earl of Elgin JamesThis book is the family and friends of the late Lord Elgin as to the best mode of giving to the world some record of his life, and having thus contracted a certain responsibility i...
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Desperate Duchesses
Eloisa JamesWelcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication . . . of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title . . . of games played for h...
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Arcana
Jessica Leake"Leake weaves together a beautifully rendered historical setting, magic and romance in this stunning debut." Elizabeth May, author of The FalconerAmid the sumptuous backdrop of the...
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The Love Letters of Mary Queen of Scots, to James Earl of Bothwell
Mary Queen of ScotsThis volume is a collection of the love letters of Mary Queen of Scots, with her sonnets and marriage contracts included.
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2
Steven F. HaywardA book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
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James Earl Green v. State Texas
Corpus Christi the Thirteenth Court of AppealsJames Earl Green was charged for the offense of robbery by threats. A prior conviction for rape was alleged for enhancement. Punishment was assessed by the jury at fifteen years.
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P. James Coleman v. R. Earl Dillman
Supreme Court Of UtahHALL, Justice: P. James Coleman (hereinafter "plaintiff") initiated the first of these two lawsuits, seeking specific performance of a contract to purchase real property. R. Earl D...
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Killing the Dream
Gerald PosnerA deep dive into James Earl Ray’s role in the national tragedy: “Superb . . . a model of investigation . . . as gripping as a firstclass detective story” (The N...
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The Other Queen
Philippa GregoryFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregorya dazzling new novel about the intriguing, romantic, and maddening Mary, Queen of...
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Never Less Than A Lady
Mary Jo PutneyThe sequel to Loving a Lost Lord. “Intensely emotional, lushly sensual . . . expertly spiced with intrigue, and infused with a wickedly subtle wit.”BooklistNew York Times best...