White House Diary.

CARTER, Jimmy.

Item Number: 95195

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

First edition of President Jimmy Carter’s personally annotated diary narrating his years in the White House. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed on a bookplate, “Best wishes Jimmy Carter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. Jacket photograph by Sara Saunders.

This personally annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter is filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with firneds and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy the United States. Each day of his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in his private diary consisting of unvarnished assessments of his cabinet members and congressmen and narrations of the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. The book offers an unprecedented look at both the man and his tenure.