George Washington Carver
Subtitle: scientist and educator
By: Dennis Abrams
Series: Black Americans of achievement legacy edition
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780791097175
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Agriculturists; African American agriculturists; Biography
Description: A biography of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-113) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: The Man, the Myth -- 1 -- 2; title: Obscure Beginnings -- 8 -- 3; title: Midwestern Wanderings -- 18 -- 4; title: A College Man -- 27 -- 5; title: Southward to Tuskegee -- 39 -- 6; title: Satisfactions and Frustrations -- 48 -- 7; title: The Road to Fame -- 68 -- 8; title: The Folk Hero -- 80 -- 9; title: Beyond the Legend-- 96.