Review of “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” by Kai Bird

June 23, 2021

Published last week, Kai Bird’s “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” is the most recent full-length review of …

Review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter

October 25, 2020

Jonathan Alter’s long-awaited biography of the thirty-ninth president “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” was published last month (September …

September 12, 2018

[Updated] Not since Teddy Roosevelt can I recall a former president who has had such a consequential and purposeful retirement …

September 10, 2018

Douglas Brinkley’s “The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House” was published in 1998, seventeen years after Carter’s …

September 2, 2018

Stuart Eizenstat’s “President Carter: The White House Years” was published four months ago. Eizenstat is an attorney, a former diplomat …

August 26, 2018

Peter Bourne’s “Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency” was published in 1997. Bourne is a psychiatrist who …

August 21, 2018

After 215 biographies and nearly 2,100 days I’ve finally reached a president who is still…alive. Jimmy Carter is also the …