He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry.
Mr. Carter witnessed a shift from what had been a solidly Democratic South to one that Republicans, supported by white voters and particularly evangelicals, came to dominate.
Tras ascender de las granjas de Georgia a la Casa Blanca, supervisó los históricos acuerdos de paz de Camp David, pero su único mandato fue entorpecido por problemas internos y externos.
The former president had kicked off his campaign for Georgia governor at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta. On Sunday, workers and patrons at the bar raised a glass in his honor.
Their partnership withstood the glare of political campaigns and the strains of raising a family. As their world inevitably narrowed in the dusk of life, the couple came to rely on their bond even more.
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.