September 1, 2020
A full biography of President Jimmy Carter, focusing on his one-term presidency. Drawing on interviews with Carter and members of his administration and recently declassified documents, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird delivers a profound, clear-eyed evaluation of a leader whose legacy has been deeply misunderstood. The Outlier is the definitive account of an enigmatic presidency‚ both as it really happened and as it is remembered in the American consciousness.