Kai Bird writes that Jimmy Carter’s presidency was not what you think it was Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have been president in the 20th century ...

KAI BIRD: People sort of make a joke of the fact that Jimmy Carter is the only president to have used the Oval Office as a stepping stone to doing greater things. INSKEEP: Kai Bird knows Carter is ...

Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have occupied the Oval Office in the 20th century. ... Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, ...

In the wake of Jimmy Carter's death, biographer Kai Bird, author of 'The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter' discusses the late president's successes and failures.

Kai Bird’s landmark presidential biography of our 39th president, “The Outlier,” begins, almost lyrically, by recreating the world in which Jimmy Carter grew up.

Kai Bird’s massive new biography of Carter, ... Bird, after all, sees Jimmy Carter as Carter saw himself: If the things he did didn’t work, the problem was everyone else.

Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, the director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY and the author of “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter.” More to Read ...

Joe Biden was the first U.S. senator to endorse Jimmy Carter for president in 1976. Now, as his presidency gets underway in earnest, Biden could do worse than emulate his ...

Kai Bird studied Carter's life for the book, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency Of Jimmy Carter," and he's back with us again. Mr. Bird, good morning, sir.

Jimmy Carter talks with his grandson, Hugo Wentzel, during an event focused on climate change on Oct. 31, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Carter biographer Kai Bird, ...

KAI BIRD: People sort of make a joke of the fact that Jimmy Carter is the only president to have used the Oval Office as a stepping stone to doing greater things. INSKEEP: Kai Bird knows Carter is ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kai Bird about his biography of President Jimmy Carter: The Outlier. Bird's book takes a close look at the four years Carter was in office.