An Hour Before Daylight

In An Hour Before Daylight, former President Jimmy Carter reflects on his Depression-era childhood in Georgia, offering a vivid depiction of life on a sharecropping farm. Through his eloquent prose, he shares insights into the influential figures of his early life, including his father, a skilled farmer with complex views on race, and his strong-willed mother. This memoir captures the rhythms of rural community life and the profound social changes that followed the civil rights movement, creating a poignant exploration of an era that shaped both Carter and the nation.