Episode 59 || Path to a Presidency

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Small-town virtues to the Oval Office? Jimmy Carter's presidency may have inspired our current political climate, and Annie interviews author Robert Buccellato to find out why. His new book Jimmy Carter in Plains shares insight into President Carter's approachability and how his underdog story and small-town, Southern charm made a lasting impact. + Robert's author page + tour dates + How to rate/review From the Front Porch + From the Front Porch on iTunes Robert is reading Stone Door, a YA fantasy, and Why the Dutch Are Different, a memoir. Full show notes from today's episode and past episodes here. Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 59 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.
0:08.7	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:15.1	And today I'm joined by author Robert Bousselato.
0:18.9	Robert came to the bookshelf this past weekend to sign copies of his
0:22.4	latest book, Jimmy Carter in Plains, all about the presidential hometown. And so today we'll be
0:28.4	talking about his history books, as well as Jimmy Carter, and what it's like to live in a small
0:34.4	town. Before we get started, I just wanted to remind everyone how important
0:38.8	rating and reviewing us on iTunes is. It's a great way to let me know how many people are listening
0:43.9	to the podcast and informs us kind of where people are from, what you like about the podcast, ways
0:49.7	we can improve. And it's the only way that iTunes kind of moves your podcast up in the ranking. So
0:57.2	rating and reviewing us is really important and it's really easy. So all you have to do is through
1:02.1	the iTunes podcast app. You can just click through and give us four or five stars, I hope,
1:08.9	and let us know how you're liking the podcast.
1:11.5	I'll put a link in the show notes for those of you who maybe like me are a little technologically
1:15.9	challenged, and that way you can just click over and review us online or through your phone.
1:21.7	Any rating and review would be so helpful to us.
1:24.8	Okay, let's go ahead and get started.
1:27.1	Hi, Robert. Welcome to the podcast.
1:29.7	Hi. Thanks for having me. Um, so you were at the bookshelf this past Saturday and you are kind of
1:36.4	launching your new book, Jimmy Carter in Plains. Um, but I really want to know how you became
1:42.2	interested in this topic because I looked through
1:45.1	some of your other works, and it looks like you've done a lot of research about Florida
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