Christmas in Plains Memories

In this acclaimed bestseller, President Carter returns to his early years in Plains, Georgia, the same locale that enchanted readers ofAn Hour Before Daylight,whichThe New Yorkercalled "an American classic." He remembers the Christmas days of his boyhood and later years, re-creating here the simplicity of community and celebration with family and friends.Jimmy Carter has written another American classic in the tradition of Truman Capote'sA Christmas Memoryand Dylan Thomas'sA Child's Christmas in Wales.

Jimmy Carter, who served as thirty-ninth President of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. After leaving the White House, he and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center