Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize
winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on
his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second
thoughts.
At ninety, Jimmy Carter reflects on his
public and private life with a frankness that is disarming.
He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia
that he described in his magnificent An Hour Before
Daylight. He writes about racism and the isolation of
the Carters. He describes the brutality of the hazing
regimen at Annapolis, and how he nearly lost his life twice
serving on submarines and his amazing interview with Admiral
Rickover. He describes the profound influence his mother had
on him, and how he admired his father even though he didn’t
emulate him. He admits that he decided to quit the Navy and
later enter politics without consulting his wife, Rosalynn,
and how appalled he is in retrospect.
In A Full
Life, Carter tells what he is proud of and what he might
do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his
re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a
new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank
about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders,
and his passions for the causes he cares most about,
particularly the condition of women and the deprived people
of the developing world.
This is a wise and moving
look back from this remarkable man. Jimmy Carter has lived
one of our great American lives—from rural obscurity to
world fame, universal respect, and contentment. A Full
Life is an extraordinary read.
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