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.
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.
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Author
Vella, Christina, 1942-2017.
Title
George Washington Carver [electronic resource] : a life / Christina Vella.
Imprint
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
Series
Southern biography series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.