Jimmy carter biography childhood depression

The first memory of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, resonates with the qualities of his well-lived life, which recently ended after 100 years.

Jimmy carter biography childhood depression

In the early recollection, Carter (2001, pp. 28-29) recounted an event taking place in Plains, Georgia:

"Although I was born in Plains and actually lived next door to my future wife, Rosalynn, when she was a baby, the first thing I remember clearly was when I was four years old, and my father took us to show us our new home on the farm.

There were four of us, including my sister, Gloria, who was two years younger than I. The front door was locked when we got there, and Daddy realized that he had forgotten the key. He tried to raise one of the windows that opened onto the front porch, but a wooden bar on the inside let it come up only about six inches.

So he slid me through the crack, and I came around to unlock the door from the inside. The approval of my