false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173857760m/337671.jpg 337671 9 Jimmy Carter's Georgia hometown has been the one constant in his life, and he pays tribute to it with <I>Christmas in Plains</I>, a collection of holiday memories from his childhood through his Navy days, his time as Georgia governor and U.S. president, and his very active retirement. As a schoolboy, Carter looked forward to painting many-colored magnolia leaves to mix in with the holly on the mantle. His favorite way to collect mistletoe "usually at the top of oak or pecan trees and on the ends of slender limbs, was to shoot into the clump and let the bullets or buckshot cut off some sprigs." And when his godmother went to Cleveland, Ohio, one December, he asked her to bring back a snowball. It was quite some time before he realized that the large white marble she gave him was not "a real petrified snowball." Carter's memories of holding onto faith during the Christmases of his presidency are often poignant, taking place in the context of the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. And his postretirement experiences of Christmas are strangely, comfortingly familiar, characterized by jealousy of in-laws and generosity towards neighbors. <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 2607301 2001 Christmas in Plains: Memories total:73|5:14|4:28|3:25|2:5|1:1| 73 268 90 11 337671 0743227158 9780743227155 66 8 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173857760m/337671.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337671.Christmas_in_Plains_Memories 4 0 false Sat Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 22 10:41:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 14:46:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1292287 0743224914 9780743224918 5 2 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544087m/1292287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1292287.Christmas_in_Plains_Memories 4 0 false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:10:28 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:11:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6467534 0743570049 9780743570046 1 1 3.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6467534-christmas-in-plains 5 0 false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:09:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:11:51 -0700 2009
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