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100 1 $aGraf, Dot,$eauthor.
245 10 $aJimmy Carter :$belected President with pocket change and peanuts /$cDorothy "Dot" Padgett.
264 1 $aMacon, Georgia :$bMercer University Press,$c2016.
264 4 $c©2016
300 $a480 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aForeward by Jimmy Carter.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aHow 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.
600 10 $aCarter, Jimmy,$d1924-
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aGovernors$zGeorgia$vBiography.
651 0 $aGeorgia$xPolitics and government$y1951-
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1977-1981.
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710 2 $aMercer University Press.
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