Carver, a Life in Poems
1st Edition
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George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master's degree. In 1896, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. Carver's achievements as a botanist and inventor were balanced by his gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson provides a compelling and revealing portrait of Carver's complex, richly interior, profoundly devout life.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781886910539 |
Publisher: | Highlights Press |
Imprint: | Front Street |
Pub date: | 01 May 2001 |
Edition: | 1st Edition |
DEWEY: | 811.54 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 103 |
Weight: | 318g |
Height: | 236mm |
Width: | 159mm |
Spine width: | 14mm |