Word: longleaf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carter suddenly interrupted himself and pointed across the study to a large table, a lazy susan 5 ft. in diameter. He had designed and built the table, he said proudly, of longleaf pine, virgin timber cut 150 years ago for the home of Rosalynn's great-grandfather. Woodworking has become a Carter obsession. When he wants relief from his writing, he said, he moves to his nearby woodshop, a converted garage where he spends long periods alone chiseling out bowls and building benches and chairs, all his own designs. During the summer, he recalled, he often worked for hours...