George Washington Carver : scientist and inventor
- Title
- George Washington Carver : scientist and inventor / Barbara Kramer.
- Published by
- Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002.
- Author
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- Description
- 128 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Profiles the dynamic man who began life as a slave and became an artist, agriculturist, university professor, and public speaker who addressed the House Ways and Means Committee on the issue of import tariffs in 1921.
- Series statement
- African-American biographies
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. "The peanut man" -- 2. "The plant doctor" -- 3. In search of an education -- 4. "Cast down your bucket where you are" -- 5. Scientific agriculture -- 6. Reaching out to farmers and students -- 7. The boll weevil, war, and racial prejudice -- 8. Talks with "Mr. Creator" -- 9. Becoming a trailblazer -- 10. Ongoing fame.
- Call number
- Sc E 06-944
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.
- Author
- Kramer, Barbara.
- Title
- George Washington Carver : scientist and inventor / Barbara Kramer.
- Imprint
- Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002.
- Series
- African-American biographies
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.
- Added author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- LCCN
- 2001004404
- Other standard identifier
- 9780766017702
- ISBN
- 0766017702 (hardcover)
- Research call number
- Sc E 06-944