Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 278, [2] pages. Color Illustrations. Minor page soiling noted. DJ has slight wear and soiling. National Geographic Society Bookplate celebrating the Peace Corps' 40th Anniversary, signed by the author, Jason Carter, and by President Jimmy Carter (signed as J Carter), on July 10, 2002. Includes Introduction by Jimmy Carter, as well as a Prologue. Jason Carter was a teenager when he first visited Africa with his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter, in 1987. He has since returned to Africa as a representative of the Carter Center and, most recently, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lochiel, a South African town near the Swaziland border. Carter was a law student at the University of Georgia, and lives in Athens, Georgia with his wife, Kate, This is his first book. Jason James Carter (born August 7, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. After graduating from Duke University, Carter served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. In doing so he followed the example of his great grand mother, Lillian Carter (President Jimmy Carter's mother), who became a Peace Corps volunteer at age 68 and spent nearly two years in India working as a nurse with patients with leprosy. Jason Carter lived in Lochiel, South Africa, where he worked on education issues in rural areas. He learned to speak Zulu and Siswati. He wrote a book, titled Power Lines, about his experiences there. More