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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Randon House, 2015Description: 105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780448483122
  • 0448483122
  • 9780606375610
  • 0606375619
  • 9781484477649
  • 1484477642
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Carver, G. G459 Available 33111008379808
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).

Ages 8-12.

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

"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.

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