Jimmy Carter : elected President with pocket change and peanuts / Dorothy "Dot" Padgett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padgett, Dorothy, author.

Contributor:

Mercer University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024.

Carter, Jimmy.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

Governors--Georgia--Biography.

Governors.

Georgia.

Georgia--Politics and government--1951-.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

480 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2016.

Summary:

How does a peanut farmer become Governor of Georgia and President of the United States? Only in America could such a story be true. Not satisfied with the climate of injustice he witnessed in his daily life, Carter sought a political career and was elected state senator in 1962 and again in 1964. He successfully won the 1970 campaign for Governor of Georgia. In 1975, Carter announced he would run for President. An army of loyal supporters, friends, neighbors, and elected officials, known as the Peanut Brigade, joined the campaign. They traveled across the country, joining Jimmy and Rosalynn, knocking on doors, standing at factory gates, walking streets, asking voters to vote for Jimmy Carter for President. While the basics of his story are well known, they have never been told from the perspective of a "soldier" in the Peanut Brigade. Dorothy Padgett, with an earthy, honest, and Southern voice, tells the story as if new to all of us. Humor and insight abound in this direct telling of how a peanut farmer from Georgia became President and leader of the United States. The secret is in his character, his morality, and in his being truly human.

Contents:

1 Making the Grade 1

2 A Defining Moment 10

3 Growing Up Plain 14

4 Georgia Senate Race 17

5 Georgia Senator 24

6 Bridging the Gap 27

7 The Dashes in Our Lives 34

8 What Will I Tell My Grandchildren? 36

9 Jimmy Carter For Governor 43

10 People Power 49

11 Inaugural Festivities and Gowns 55

12 The Swearing-in-Governor of the State of Georgia 57

13 The Carter Women 60

14 Governing the State of Georgia 66

15 Reorganization and Zero-Base Budgeting 73

16 Georgia Parks, Peaches, and Potato Chips 81

17 1974 Candidate for the Presidency 84

18 Jimmy Carter is Running for What? 93

19 The Phone Was Ringing - I Picked It Up 99

20 1974 Georgia Law Day 107

21 A Think Tank for the Issues 114

22 Iowa 120

23 Georgians Freezing in New Hampshire 128

24 Florida Primary 139

25 Wisconsin 150

26 Ethnic Purity 157

27 Jerry Brown and Andy Young in Maryland 162

28 A Mixed Bag... Pa... Tx... Cotton and Cattle 169

29 California, New Jersey, Ohio 180

30 Plains, the Summer of 1976 190

31 In The Spirit of Unity and Love and Victory 197

32 New York Convention with Dot Padgett 209

33 Fritz and Grits 214

34 Hometown Plains 217

35 A Presidential General Election 222

36 Leaders for a Change 232

37 What the Press Said about President Carter 246

38 A People's Inaugural 251

39 Inaugural Reflections 263

40 Human Rights 269

41 The Bert Lance Affair 274

42 Energy 278

43 Panama Treaties 286

44 After the Treaties 300

45 Camp David Peace Accords 304

46 After Camp David 317

47 Normalization of Diplomatic Relations With China 321

48 Hostage Crisis 327

49 Hostages, Handshakes, and Hugs 343

50 Election and Home 346

51 Home to Plains 349

52 Opening of the Presidential Center 354

53 The Carter Center, Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope 364

54 Rosalynn Carter: Driving Force in Support for the Mentally Ill 377

55 Born Again 388

56 The Sunday School Teacher 395

57 Loyalty 401

58 Nobel Peace Priize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Carter Tribute 409

59 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter 414.

Notes:

Foreward by Jimmy Carter.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-465) and index.

ISBN:

9780881465860

0881465860

OCLC:

957227548