George Washington Carver: A Biography by Kremer, Gary R.
George Washington Carver: A Biography by Kremer, Gary R.

George Washington Carver: A Biography

This book strips away the myths surrounding the famed scientist George Washington Carver and portrays him as...
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Author: Gary R. Kremer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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George Washington Carver: A Biography by Kremer, Gary R.

George Washington Carver: A Biography

$185.51
George Washington Carver: A Biography by Kremer, Gary R.

George Washington Carver: A Biography

$185.51
Author: Gary R. Kremer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

This book strips away the myths surrounding the famed scientist George Washington Carver and portrays him as a brilliant, creative man who nonetheless possessed very human peculiarities and frailties.

This insightful work chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, the renowned African American scientist and teacher. George Washington Carver: A Biography begins with a discussion of the political and social circumstances in Missouri where Carver was born into slavery, circa 1864. Readers will follow Carver through his formal education to his decision to accept Booker T. Washington's offer to teach and do research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

The bulk of the volume focuses on Carver's career at Tuskegee, a career that spanned nearly five decades, from 1896 until Carver's death in January 1943.The book highlights Carver's major achievements, including his championing of crop rotation and the hundreds of products he created from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other plants native to the South. In addition to Carver the scientist, students will meet Carver the man, who, for example, loved art and painted throughout his life.

Author: Gary R. Kremer
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 02/18/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780313347962


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 278

About the Author
Gary R. Kremer, PhD, is the executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and adjunct professor of history at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.
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