Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age

Told in a very grandfather-from-the-South fashion this book is about former US President Jimmy Carter's first political campaign for a state senate seat in Georgia in the 1960s. Faced with the status quo and the political maneuverings of powerful players he challenged voter fraud, ballot stuffing and intimidation. The narrative is so simple and naive in a good way it is hard to see how this...more

Told in a very grandfather-from-the-South fashion this book is about former US President Jimmy Carter's first political campaign for a state senate seat in Georgia in the 1960s. Faced with the status quo and the political maneuverings of powerful players he challenged voter fraud, ballot stuffing and intimidation. The narrative is so simple and naive in a good way it is hard to see how this simple farmer became a nation's president. Then you read the penultimate chapter and see Carter transform into an orator most world leaders are and you get to compare it with his humble beginnings and draw parallels and starting points to the person he has become.   hide