Who Was George Washington Carver?

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 12/29/2015
ISBN: 9780606375610
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180227 / Who Was George Washington Carver?
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1