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An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter

An Hour Before Daylight

Memories of A Rural Boyhood

by Jimmy Carter
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  • First Published:
  • Dec 1, 2000, 280 pages
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  • Oct 2001, 288 pages
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