Jimmy Carter The Man the Myth Author:Victor Lasky Here, by the author of some of the most controversial books of our times, is a critical analysis of the extraordinary rise of James Earl Carter, Jr. -- better known as "Jimmy" -- to the Presidency of the United States. It is an analysis which confirms suspicions that the man who sermonized his way into the White House with those remarkable phras... more »es -- "I will never lie to you," "a government as good as its people," and "Why not the best?" -- rarely practiced what he preached.« less