George Washington Carver

Author: Gary R. Kremer
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826260896
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
George Washington Carver (1864-1943), best known for his work as a scientist and a botanist, was an anomaly in his own time—a black man praised by white America. This selection of his letters and other writings reveals both the human side of Carver and the forces that shaped his creative genius. They show us a Carver who was both manipulated and manipulative who had inner tensions and anxieties. But perhaps more than anything else, these letters allow us to see Carver's deep love for his fellow man, whether manifested in his efforts to treat polio victims in the 1930s or in his incredibly intense and emotionally charged friendships that lasted a lifetime. The editor has furnished commentary between letters to set them in context.

George Washington Carver

Author: William J. Federer
Publisher: Amerisearch, Inc.
ISBN: 9780965355766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Federer discusses how the evolution of the American tolerance for various religious beliefs evolved into intolerance of traditional Judeo-Christian belief.

Who Was George Washington Carver?

Author: Jim Gigliotti
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399539735
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever. He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts.

George Washington Carver

Author: Christina Vella
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080716075X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
Christina Vella received a PhD. in Modern European and U.S. history from Tulane University, where she is a Visiting Professor. A consultant for the U.S. State Department, she lectures widely on historical and biographical topics.

George Washington Carver

Author: Linda O. McMurry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195032055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
She also sets out how these roles served both whites and blacks; reminds the reader of Carver's personal and circumstantial reasons for not demurring; and reaffirms, in particular, his impact on individuals (prominent among whom was Southern radical Howard Kester--viz. Anthony Dunbar's Against the Grain, above). An intellectually satisfying study and no less an affecting biography.

George Washington Carver

Author: Lori Mortensen
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404837256
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14

Book Description
A biography of George Washington Carver, famous for finding over three hundred uses for peanuts.

George Washington Carver

Author: Andy Carter
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1575053624
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Born a slave near the end of the Civil War, George Washington Carver was a small and sickly child. Too frail to work in the fields of the Missouri farm where he grew up, George did chores around the house. But when his work was done, he headed for the woods. There his lifelong love of nature was born. As a teacher and scientist at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute in the 1900s, George Washington Carver became famous for his work helping farmers grow better crops while sharing with them his love of nature's beauty. Follow George's inspiring life through this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written book.

George Washington Carver

Author: Rackham Holt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American agriculturists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Story of George Washington Carver

Author: Eva Moore
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780812491944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became one of the most prestigious scientists of his time. This biography follows Dr. Carver's life from childhood to his days as a teacher and discoverer.

George Washington Carver

Author: Elizabeth MacLeod
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781553379072
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This title in the Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History series introduces readers to the scientist, inventor and professor who became a symbol of African American success and interracial harmony. George Washington Carver was the orphan son of slaves, but he went on to become the world-famous ?Peanut Scientist.? George invented more than 325 products from peanuts --- including gasoline, shampoo, ice cream and chili sauce. Even when George was a child he was known as the ?Plant Doctor? because he could make almost any plant grow. It was through his groundbreaking research in agriculture that George radically improved the lives of countless African American farmers in the southern United States.