Title: George Washington Carver in his own words /
Authors: Carver, George Washington,; Kremer, Gary R.
Date: 1987
Publisher: University of Missouri Press,
Physical description: xv, 208 pages : portrait ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: S
Abstract: A black man praised by white America, George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an anomaly in his own time. This selection of Carver's writings shows the human side of the scientist, as well as the forces that shaped his creative mind. Includes an introduction and commentary.
Contents: Introduction: Carver-the man and the myth -- Self-portraits: Carver's self-image over time -- The pre-Tuskegee years: old friends remembered -- The Tuskegee plantation: Carver and his coworkers -- The teacher as motivator: Carver and his students -- The scientist as servant: "helping the man farthest down" -- The scientist as mystic: reading God out of nature's great book -- Carver: black man in white America -- Carver and his boys.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): African American agriculturists--Correspondence.; Agriculturists--United States--Correspondence.; Autobiographies.; Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.