Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xv, 202 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

1. Chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, from his birth into slavery to his education, his legendary research in biology and agriculture, and his career at the Tuskegee Institution in Alabama.

Series statement

1. Greenwood biographies

Uniform title

1. Greenwood biographies.

Subject

1. African American scientists > Biography
2. Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
3. Agriculture > Southern States > History > 20th century
4. Black author
5. African American agriculturists > Biography
6. Agriculturists > United States > Biography

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. Sc E 14-165

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Kremer, Gary R.

Title

1. George Washington Carver : a biography / Gary R. Kremer.

Imprint

1. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2011.

Series

1. Greenwood biographies
2. Greenwood biographies.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local subject

1. Black author.

LCCN

1. 2010045007

ISBN

1. 9780313347962 (acid-free paper)
2. 0313347964 (acid-free paper)
3. 9780313347979 (ebook)
4. 0313347972 (ebook)

Research call number

1. Sc E 14-165