A Remarkable Mother is President Carter's loving, admiring,
wry homage to Miss Lillian Carter, who championed the
underdog always, even when her son was president.
A registered nurse, pecan grower, university housemother,
Peace Corps volunteer, public speaker, and renowned
raconteur, Miss Lillian ignored the mores and prejudices of
the racially segregated South of the Great Depression years.
She was an avid supporter of the Brooklyn Dodgers (because
she happened to attend the first major league baseball game
in which Jackie Robinson, from Cairo, Georgia, played), was
a favored guest on television talk shows (usually able to
"steal the microphone" from hosts such as Johnny Carson and
Walter Cronkite), and an important role model for the
nation. Jimmy Carter's mother emerges from this portrait as
redoubtable, generous, and forward-looking. He ascribes to
her the inspiration for his own life's work of commitment
and faith.
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