{"product_id":"an-hour-before-daylight-memoirs-of-a-rural-boyhood-9780743211994","title":"An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jimmy Carter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Presidents \u0026amp; Heads of State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An American classic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn An Hour Before Daylight, \u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Strength, \u003c\/i\u003e recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy, offering an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and a strict segregationist who treated black workers with respect and fairness; his strong-willed and well-read mother; and the five other people who shaped his early life, three of whom were black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarter's clean and eloquent prose evokes a time when the cycles of life were predictable and simple and the rules were heartbreaking and complex. In his singular voice and with a novelist's gift for detail, Jimmy Carter creates a sensitive portrait of an era that shaped the nation and recounts a classic, American story of enduring importance.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113139036311,"sku":"9780743211994","price":1238.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780743211994.webp?v=1767268131","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-hour-before-daylight-memoirs-of-a-rural-boyhood-9780743211994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}