Who Was George Washington Carver? (Who was?)

By: Stephen Marchesi and Nancy Harrison and Jim Gigliotti

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Synopsis: Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780399539732
Related ISBNs:: 9780448483122
Publisher:: Penguin Young Readers Group
Date of Addition:: 12/29/15
Copyrighted By:: Stephen Marchesi, Nancy Harrison, Jim Gigliotti
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:: N/A
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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