“He could be prickly and a not very appealing personality” in a town that thrives on relationships, Alter said, describing a president who struggled with schmoozing lawmakers and reporters.
Jimmy Carter will be honored in Washington, D.C., a city where he remained an outsider
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Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries.
Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at 100
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