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Cargando... Christmas in Plains: Memories (2001)por Jimmy Carter
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 5628. Christmas in Plains Memories, by Jimmy Carter (read 19 May 2019) This is the fifth book of Carter's I have read. I read his first book, Why Not the Best?, on 18 Jan 1976, shortly after I met him in Iowa. I supported him both in the Iowa caucus and in the 1976 election, as I again in 1980. I read his poignant book, An Hour Before Daylight, on 11 March 2001. On 19 Aug 2009 I read his book, Turning Point, and on 6 Jan 2019 I read his book, Faith. This book on his memories of Christmas is the least significant of his books I have read, but is of some interest, especially when he tells of his Christmases in the White House. ( ) A small book describing the former American President's memories of family Christmas, mostly at his parents' home in the oddly-named town (I assume it's a town) of 'Plains'. It covers many decades, starting from Jimmy Carter's earliest memories of Christmas at home in Plains. It leaps through the years, including the time when he was President, and then looks at some more recent Christmases. Interesting reading, though not compelling. What struck me most was the racism that was still rampant in the USA seventy odd years ago; the Carter family were clearly very tolerant and accepting, but even so, many of the comments show how different black and white people were considered to be. Three and a half stars, really. I really liked this audio book. Its a great example of the medium. I feel they are always better when read by the author, and Jimmy Carter has a great friendly grandpa voice (something that probably helped him beat Gerald Ford). While many, if not most, of the stories, I had already heard by "reading" "First Lady from Plains" by Rosalyn Carter, this is a slightly different perspective, particularly I enjoyed the early chapters with his boyhood times of through flaming rag balls to celebrate Christmas. Also he reminds us that for some reason, Santa really prefers rich kids to poor kids. Christmas In Plains by Jimmy Carter – This a truly delightful memoir by the 39th President of the United States. It focuses on his family’s Christmas celebrations through the years, beginning when he was quite young through his years after he left the White House and returned to Plains. However, this memoir also provides glimpses his life in Plains, in the Navy, as the Governor of Gerogia, as the President of the United States of America, and his life after the presidency. It’s a thoroughly charming portrait of this acclaimed, humble, compassionate and spiritual man and his family. Amy Carter contributed illustrations for this book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait. In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood--the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father's eggnog, the children's house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke's story of the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors' poverty. Later, away at Annapolis, he always went home to Plains, and during his Navy years, when he and Rosalynn were raising their young family, they spent their Christmases together recreating for their children the holiday festivities of their youth. Since the Carters returned home to Plains for good, they have always been there on Christmas Day, with only one exception in forty-eight years: In 1980, with Americans held hostage in Iran, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy went by themselves to Camp David, where they felt lonely. Amy suggested that they invite the White House staff and their families to join them and to celebrate. Nowadays the Carters' large family is still together at Christmastime, offering each other the gifts and the lifelong rituals that mark this day for them. With the novelist's eye that enchanted readers of his memoir An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter has written another American classic, in the tradition of Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory and Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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