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George Washington Carver by Gary R. Kremer
George Washington Carver: A Biography by Gary R. Kremer
George Washington Carver's grave bears the inscription: "He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world." A true pioneer, Carver dedicated his life to applying science and technology to better the lives of ordinary people.
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 Readers will follow Carver from the time he left home at age 13 in search of an education until, at age 26, he finally gained admission to Simpson College and, a year afterward, to Iowa State University, where he at gods found his calling. A permanent home followed when he accepted Booker T. Washington’s off
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My Work Is That of Conservation
An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver
An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (ca. –) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation, Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely—and reductively—known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut.
Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver’s agricultural and environmental thought starting with his childhood in Missouri and Kansas and his education at the Iowa Agricultural College. Carver’s environmental vision came into focus when he moved to the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, where his sensibi
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George Washington Carver
Nearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a national monument bearing his name, a U.S.-minted coin featuring his likeness, and induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Born into slavery, Carver earned a master’s degree at Iowa State Agricultural College and went on to become that university’s first black faculty member. A keen painter who chose agricultural studies over art, he focused the majority of his research on peanuts and sweet potatoes. His scientific breakthroughs with the crops—both of which would replenish the cotton-leached soil of the South—helped spare multitudes of sharecroppers from poverty. Despite Carver’s lifelong difficulties with systemic racial prejudice, when he died in , millions of Americans mourned the passing of one of the nation’s most honored and well-known scientists.