First Lady from Plains

Book-on-Tape

English language

Published 1984

ISBN:
978-1-55728-355-9
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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter shares the story of her romance with Jimmy Carter, of exhilarating campaign victories and shattering defeats, of the Camp David accord and the Iranian hostage crisis, and of the era of compassion and concern for human rights.

4 editions

This audio book was just as good as the memories of her husband. I was't sure how I'd take to hearing about putting on dinner parties in the Gerogia Governors' mansion, but Mrs. Carter explains it in an amusing way, that only more makes me wish that Jimmy hadn't had such a failed economic policy and would have been able to beat Regan so I could have experienced a real family of the people. returnreturnFrom starting the story to them having to fix the pipes in their Plains, GA home themselves the night before Jimmy's inauguration, to their famous Camp David Summit where Israel and Egypt signed a lasting peace deal, to the Iran contra. returnreturnShe's a real winner, sticking by her man when no one else would, and giving him a real what for when everyone else told him his butt didn't stink. And still doing monthly household budget …

Subjects

  • Biography
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Wives
  • Presidents
  • Biographies
  • Conjoints
  • Présidents
  • Spouses
  • Biografie
  • Autobiografie
  • Large type books
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Carter, rosalynn, 1927-