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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood

Jimmy Carter

In an American story of enduring importance, Jimmy Carter recreates his depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm, before the civil rights movement that changed it and the country. It is reminiscent of Jon Steinbeck's 'Grapes of wrath'.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Carter family -> Arts & CriticismGoogle Books: Carter family -> Society & CulturePresidential BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2002FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Jimmy Carter78%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • Georgia55%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.