Friends of the LBJ Library | Jan, 16 2025 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Join us on January 16 as we honor the life and legacy of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. Jonathan Alter, NBC contributing correspondent and author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, will join Mark Updegrove in conversation. NPR said of His Very Best, “It’s … bound to fascinate anyone with an interest in American history, and an excellent look at the man whom Alter considers, justifiably, ‘perhaps the most misunderstood president in American history.'”
The Carter Center, the non-profit organization launched by President and Mrs. Carter over forty years ago, will co-host this program, which will be held in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at the LBJ Presidential Library. Friends of the LBJ Library members at the Individual level and above are invited to attend and must register in advance.
Attendees will have an opportunity to sign a condolence book for The Carter Center in the Auditorium lobby.
About the Speaker:
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host.
His most recent book is American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial―and My Own, published in October 2024. His earlier books include three New York Times bestsellers: The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope.
About the Book:
In His Very Best, published in 2020, Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a Renaissance Man, a complex figure—ridiculed and later revered—with a piercing intelligence, prickly intensity, and biting wit beneath the patented smile. Here is a moral exemplar for our times, a flawed but underrated president of decency and vision who was committed to telling the truth to the American people.
Book sales:
The Store at LBJ will be selling copies of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life onsite in the upper lobby of the LBJ Auditorium from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and again immediately following the program.
Alter will sign copies of the book before the program, from 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Location and Parking:
The LBJ Auditorium is located on the lower level of the LBJ complex at 2313 Red River St. Access to the auditorium will be through the lobby of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Parking details will be shared with registered attendees.
To RSVP:
Please register using the form below. This program is open to current members of the Friends of the LBJ Library at the programming levels and their guests, for a guest fee of $20 per person.
