Description
During his presidency, Jimmy Carter received a comprehensive analysis of his family's genealogy, dating back 12 generations, from leaders of the Mormon Church. More recently Carter's son Jeff took over the family history, determined to discover all that he could about his ancestors. This resulting volume traces every ancestral line of both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter back to the original immigrants to America and chronicles their origins, occupations, and life dates. Among his forebears Carter found cabinet makers, farmers, preachers, illegitimate children, slave owners, indentured servants, a former Hessian soldier who fought against Napoleon, and even a spy for General George Washington at Valley Forge. With never-before-published historic photographs and a foreword by President Jimmy Carter, this is the definitive saga of a remarkable American family.
Author: Jeff Carter
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 06/28/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781476672298
ISBN10: 1476672296
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
- History | General
Author: Jeff Carter
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 06/28/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781476672298
ISBN10: 1476672296
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
- History | General
About the Author
The son of President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter, Jeff Carter is a researcher for the Conflict Resolution Program at the Carter Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.