George Washington Carver
Subtitle: a biography
By: Gary R. Kremer
Series: Greenwood biographies; Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780313347962; 9780313347979
Subjects: African American agriculturists; Agriculture; Agriculturists; African American scientists; Biography; History
Description: Chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, from his birth into slavery to his education, his legendary research in biology and agriculture, and his career at the Tuskegee Institution in Alabama.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline: Events in the life of George Washington Carver; title: Early years; title: Wandering and wondering; title: The Iowa State years; title: Trouble at Tuskegee; title: Carver the teacher; title: The effort to transform Southern agriculture; title: World War I; title: The peanut man; title: Carver and his boys; title: Suffering humanity; title: Dealing with the Great Depression; title: The final years; title: George Washington Carver in American memory.