About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Museums in Sumter County, Georgia, People from Sumter County, Georgia, Jimmy Carter, Andersonville, Georgia, Plains, Georgia, Americus, Georgia, Leslie, Georgia, De Soto, Georgia, February-March 2007 tornado outbreak, Rosalynn Carter, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia State Route 3, Lyman Hall, Griffin Bell, Joanna Moore, Koinonia Partners, Jimmy Carter Regional Airport, Aquilla J. Dyess, Henry King Stanford, Ruth Carter Stapleton, Jack Carter, Billy Carter, Ruby Muhammad, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Georgia State Route 49, Georgia State Route 27, Philip Cook, Sumter County School District, William G. Anderson, Cobb, Georgia, Georgia State Route 45, Leonard Pope, Victor Green, Stephen Pace, Americus micropolitan area, Kent Hill, Otis Leverette, Lake Blackshear, Georgia Rural Telephone Museum, Americus Times-Recorder, Windsor Hotel, Walter Tullis, Hugh Carter, Muckalee Creek. Excerpt: James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977-1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971-1975), and was a peanut farmer and naval officer. As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Throughout his career, Carter strongly emphasized human rights. He took...
