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Book #31: “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” by Jimmy Carter

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  Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Jimmy Carter   Released: January 1st, 1982 I set a goal to read another 30 books this year.  I spent 6 months getting through book 1 for 2024.  I know a lot of people probably think this is a bad choice of a book.  My goal is to read all presidential memoirs.  I would never be able to handle the job, but I respect those who do enter that office as the have a great deal more patience than I do.  I want to know what it felt like to sit in that chair as major world events played out.  I want to know what they thought, and how they felt.  Would I agree or disagree?  It’s quite intriguing.   Honestly, Keeping Faith reads well from an informative perspective.  When I was younger, I was disrespectful of President Jimmy Carter and would generally insult his credibility.  As time has gone on, I have come to respect him a bit more.  I look more fondly on his last 40 years dedicated to his humanitarian efforts vs his actual time in office.  I wanted to lear