Marilyn Nelson

Carver (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boyds Mills Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781629795874
• Artikelnr.: 45352626

Autorenporträt

Marilyn Nelson is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut and lives in Storrs, CT.