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Author:

Vella, Christina, 1952-

Title:

George Washington Carver : a life / Christina Vella.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

422 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Carver, George Washington,--1864?-1943.
African American agriculturists--Biography.
Agriculturists--United States--Biography.
African American scientists--Biography.
Tuskegee Institute--History.
Agriculture--History.--Southern States--History.
Peanuts--United States--History.
Carver, George Washington,--1864?-1943.
Tuskegee Institute.
African American agriculturists.
African American scientists.
Agriculture--Research.
Agriculturists.
Peanuts.
Southern States.
United States.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Carver's George -- Drifting toward life -- A real human being -- Booker -- Dominion of poverty -- "Stand up for the stupid and crazy" -- Love and lynch mobs -- Wrestling with devils -- Bad days and worse -- The curtain lifts -- Trying to be serious -- A real chemist? -- Passion pure and simple -- Suffering humanity -- Fame and its discontents -- Miles to go -- A million thanks -- Epilogue -- Appendices: 1. Experiment Station Bulletins by George W. Carver; 2. Partial list of Carver's products from peanuts and sweet potatoes (compiled by Carver); 3. Dr. Joseph Kenney's letter to Booker T. Washington and the Executive Council concerning unsanitary conditions at Tuskegee, March 26, 1903.

Series:

Southern biography series

ISBN:

0807160741
9780807160749

OCLC:

(OCoLC)905801577

LCCN:

2015006259

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