Humanity
How Jimmy Carter Lost an Election and Transformed the Post-Presidency
By: Jordan Michael Smith
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

This is a short book but very big in information! It told how Carter was the black sheep and outcast when he lost to Reagan. Then how, through his honest and humble acts, have shown that what Carter said he backed up with actions. The Republicans have shown their lack of support of the poor.
The books he has written show he is very far ahead of others. His thoughts on Palestinian is one example when this was not popular.
He was broke when left the White House. His plantation went broke while he was President. He, unlike other Presidents, did not meddle in his company while President.
He is still an example of a great person! A true humanitarian! A person that cares for people of all races, ages, religion, sexes, and does it with his whole heart! He has done this his whole life! He is truly a wonderful man! ( )

Very short but quite interesting introduction to Jimmy Carter's post presidency work and life. ( )

This Kindle Single describes the downfall and public disgrace of President Jimmy Carter, after his resounding defeat to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election, and his resurrection and reinvention after he left the White House, which transformed and transcended the role of former US presidents, earned him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and assured that he would be remembered as a humanitarian, a compassionate Christian, and an influential world leader, rather than the bumbling, ineffectual and inflexible president that he was widely perceived as being.

In the aftermath of the devastating presidential defeat, in which he lost 44 of 50 states to Reagan, Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn returned to their home in Plains, Georgia both humiliated and impoverished, due to the failure of the family business. His sister, Ruth Carter Stapleton, encouraged him to embrace Christ in the 1960s, when he became a born again Christian, which was influential in his moral beliefs as a politician, but also a hindrance as it led to his inability to achieve compromises and build coalitions with opponents during his presidential years. These strongly held beliefs did serve him well as a private citizen, as he decided to use his former position to accomplish good deeds and influence others. First, he dedicated the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center, located in the heart of Atlanta, to the goals of world peace, eradication of communicable illnesses in developing countries such as Guinea worm disease and river blindness, and the oversight of important elections throughout the world. He and Rosalynn were also influential in transforming Habitat for Humanity from a small organization dedicated to building homes for the poor into a multimillion dollar organization operating throughout the country.

Jordan Michael Smith does a fine job in chronicling Jimmy Carter's post-presidential activities, and his influence on the presidents who have succeeded him into using their position as former world leaders to benefit humanity, instead of enriching their own coffers, as Carter's predecessors were best known for. "Humanity" is a readable and informative introduction to this fine man, who has inspired untold public officials and private citizens to follow in his footsteps. ( )