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George Washington Carver

by Tonya Bolden

Synopsis

A Coretta Scott King Honor Award author offers a fresh look at this pioneering American innovator Shampoo from peanuts? Wallpaper from clay? Ink from sweet potatoes? Discover Carver's imagination and inspiration in th is one-of-a-kind biography. With imagination and intellect, George Washington Carver (1864-1934) developed hundreds of unexpected products from e veryday plants. This book reveals what an exceptionally uncommon man Carver was: trailblazing scholar, innovative scientist, pioneering conservationist, and impassioned educator. This book follows his life from slave and orphan to his college days as the first African American to attend Iowa State College (where he later taught), and on to his life and work in the field of agriculture. Illustrated with historical artifacts and photographs

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Book Information

Copyright year 2008
ISBN-13 9780810993662
ISBN-10 081099366X
Class Copyright
Publisher Abrams
Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY;JUVENILE NONFICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 40
Shelf No. JP189
Grade Range 3 - 7
Ages 8 - 12
Lexile NC1040L