Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, led an extraordinary life that began at a peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, and went on to include four years in the world's most ...
The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian and champion of democracy.
His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia ... that they were no ...