Carver A Life in Poems |
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| Author:
| Nelson, Marilyn |
| ISBN: | 978-1-886910-53-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
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| Imprint: | Front Street |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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Newbery Honor Book National Book Award finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Flora Stieglitz Straus Award Beautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. George Washington Carver was determined to help the...
More Description Newbery Honor Book
National Book Award finalist
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award
Beautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher.
George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born a slave in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver truly found his calling. He spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless Black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. This STEAM biography reveals Carver's complex and profoundly devout life.