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Author:

Gigliotti, Jim.

Title:

Who was George Washington Carver? / by Jim Gigliotti ; iIllustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Publisher:

Grosset & Dunlapan imprint of Penguin Random House,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Carver, George Washington--1864?-1943--Juvenile literature.
African American agriculturists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated children's books.
Agriculturists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105.)

Contents:

Who was George Washington Carver? -- Orphaned -- Childhood -- School days -- College man -- The greatest good -- Tuskegee -- Peanuts! -- Lasting impact -- Timelines.

Summary:

"Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever. He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts."--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Who was
Who was-- ?

ISBN:

1480692042
9781480692046

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907010682

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