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Why Not The Best? (Green)
SKU C1011
Untitled
byJimmy Carter
"In short, this is the story of one righteous Southerner's coming of age,
a Main Street memoir anchored by no-nonsense style and homespun storytelling. Broadman Press
When a little-known former Southern Governor named Jimmy Carter decided to seek
the Presidency, he wrote, "Why Not the Best?" as a means of letting voters
know who he was and his sense of values. The title comes from a question Admiral Rickover
asked him during a job interview, following his graduation from the Naval Academy.
"Did you do your best?" Rickover asked. Carter initially answered "yes sir" but
after some thought said, "no sir, I didn't always do my best." Describing the scene
years later, Carter writes, "He asked one final question which I have never been able
to forget-or to answer. He said, "Why not?"
In this early autobiography, Carter describes his boyhood on the farm in Georgia,
his military career, and his political life. He writes about what he would later call
his "sources of strength," and his goals for government. "Our government can and must
represent the best and the highest ideals of those of us who voluntarily submit to its
authority," Carter writes. "In our nation's third century, we must meet these simple
but crucial standards. Why Not the Best?"
(Hard cover encased in a presentation box only) 208 pages Dimensions (9 1/2, 6 1/2, 1 inches)
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