Jimmy Carter man of his words: America's thirty-ninth president figured out what it takes to be a farmer, a businessman, a naval officer, a global peacemaker, a diplomat and a champion of the poor and hungry. So how does he make a living? He's a writer. (Cover Story).

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Wicked, the photographer says. Excellent. Just one more roll. "Aw, come on, man," says Jimmy Carter. "That's what you said the last time." But Carter's game: He's got a new book, Christmas in Plains, to promote. Besides, his mind has moved on: Sizing up the crew's gear, he makes the casual observation that this bunch that's descended on his Plains, Georgia, office has no digital equipment. Someone starts to explain--the way one might explain body piercings to an elderly aunt--that digital apparatus isn't really that advanced. But Carter is gently out ahead, quickly delineating ...

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