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    Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown
    Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown
    Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown
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    Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown

    By Robert Buccellato

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    The physical connections to most American presidents are deeply rooted in the past and unfamiliar. One can no longer see Washington's birthplace or William Henry Harrison's log cabin. Plains, Georgia, is different, and the attachment Americans have for it remains truly unique. Jimmy Carter in Plains: A Presidential Hometown tells the inspirational story of how one man and his community transformed a nation. When Jimmy Carter, a one-term governor of Georgia, announced his candidacy for president, few took him seriously. Yet, in just two years, he managed to pull off a spectacular and unprecedented victory, thanks to his personal style of politicking and the support of his hometown. Many of his neighbors campaigned for him, and they became known as the "Peanut Brigade." Crowds started to flock to the sleepy hamlet of Plains, making celebrities out of the candidate's mother, younger brother, and daughter. The exceptional photographs of Charles W. Plant guide the reader through the 1976 election, which made Plains "America's hometown."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateFeb 1, 2016
    ISBN9781439655719
    Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown
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    Robert Buccellato

    Robert Buccellato is a noted historian and author of Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies and Jimmy Carter in Plains: The Presidential Hometown. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Stephanie, and their sons Croston and Noah.

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