In 2012 photographer and friend Wayne Morgan wanted to produce a children’s book to encourage better stewardship of Georgia’s rivers, especially the Little Satilla near his home in Brantley County. I volunteered to write the story in the voice of his grandson Kase. Knowing that Jimmy Carter, as a boy, loved fishing in the Little Satilla with his father, I asked the 39th president to endorse our book. Here is what’s on the back cover of Kase for the Environment (left): “The Satilla Rivers were one of my favo
*Editor’s note: A version of this column was first published on Oct. 3, 2024, commemorating President Carter’s 100th birthday.
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