{"product_id":"an-hour-before-daylight-memoirs-of-a-rural-boyhood-paperback","title":"An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJimmy Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.2 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131942572167,"sku":"9780743211994","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/778b3f55491b1694b6ae7babc067251b.webp?v=1732622572","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-hour-before-daylight-memoirs-of-a-rural-boyhood-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}