Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, was a bestselling author in a wide range of genres. His stories drew from his own experience, the lives of his loved ones and the causes he fought for his whole life.

The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from “Jimmy Who?” to his inauguration as the nation’s 39th president.​

The nation remembered President Jimmy Carter at a national funeral in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Carter was the 39th president of the United States. He died in December at age 100.