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Author:
Kremer, Gary R.
Title:
George Washington Carver : a biography / Gary R. Kremer.
Publisher:
Greenwood,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xv, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Carver, George Washington,--1864?-1943.
Agriculturists--United States--Biography.
African American agriculturists--Biography.
Agriculture--Southern States--History--20th century.
African American scientists--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Timeline: Events in the life of George Washington Carver -- Early years -- Wandering and wondering -- The Iowa State years -- Trouble at Tuskegee -- Carver the teacher -- The effort to transform Southern agriculture -- World War I -- The peanut man -- Carver and his boys -- Suffering humanity -- Dealing with the Great Depression -- The final years -- George Washington Carver in American memory.
Series:
Greenwood biographies
ISBN:
0313347972 (ebook)
9780313347979 (ebook)
0313347964 (acid-free paper)
9780313347962 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)677974028
LCCN:
2010045007
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

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