President Jimmy Carter, pictured at 1980 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City, is the topic of a new biography by Jonathan Alter.

Jonathan Alter is at work on a biography of Jimmy Carter with the full cooperation of the former president, publisher Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. Earlier this month, Carter, 90, shared the ...

President Jimmy Carter was an outlier in more ways than one. Born and raised on the humble farmlands of southern Georgia, Carter grew up without running water and used an outhouse. He played with ...

A new biography of Jimmy Carter opens with a scene that summarizes the former president’s tendency to envision the future while sometimes remaining tone-deaf to the present.

The author of a Jimmy Carter biography, Jonathan Alter, shares what it was like for Carter growing up in Plains and throughout his journey to the White House. More for You.

Jimmy Carter Is 'Perhaps The Most Misunderstood President' Of The U.S., Jonathan Alter Writes Jonathan Alter tells Carter's life story beautifully and with admirable fairness — while it's ...

Back in 1976, Carter changed the way presidential candidates are nominated and elected. He went on to provide models of what to do – and what not to do.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kai Bird about his biography of President Jimmy Carter: The Outlier. Bird's book takes a close look at the four years Carter was in office.

The Carter family gave Mark Strassman a unique glipmse into the former president's long life. The birthday tributes have already started for Jimmy Carter, who will turn 100 this Tuesday. They ...

THE OUTLIER The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter By Kai Bird. Kai Bird’s landmark presidential biography of our 39th president, “The Outlier,” begins, almost lyrically, by recreating ...

Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have occupied the Oval Office in the 20th century. Skip to content Skip to site index Today’s Paper ...