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01929aam a22002775a 4500 001 D9A5008CB69811EE8CC0EC492AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240119010057 008 230202s2023 |||| ||| |||||||||||| 010 $a 2022028719 020 $a 9781338864212 020 $a 1338864211 040 $d SILO 082 00 $a B 100 1 $a Rodriguez, Janel 245 10 $a George Washington Carver: $b More Than the Peanut Man $c by Janel Rodriguez. 260 $a USA $b C. Press/F. Watts Trade $c 2023 300 $a 40 p. 520 $a "Meet the inventors and scientists of color who changed the world! Born enslaved during the Civil War in Diamond, Missouri, George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor. He promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. Among his many accomplishments, he developed more than 300 industrial and commercial products from peanuts. It is time to remember how George Washington Carver's inventions and his contributions changed our society... and our world! ABOUT THE SERIES: Many inventors and scientists of color have made incredible contributions to our modern life. Each volume in this much-needed new series will be devoted to the life and work of one of these inventors and scientists. With a vivid writing style that will use humor as one of its primary ingredients, and illustrated with a combination of real photos and pictures featuring graphic art, each title in this series will describe how these heroes of diverse backgrounds faced the challenges of their times, and how their inventions and contributions changed our society"-- 650 $a African American agriculturalists. 655 $a Junior biography. 941 $a 3 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525042023.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20240412010554.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119020754.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D9A5008CB69811EE8CC0EC492AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search