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George Washington Carver

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ISBN-10: 081099366X

ISBN-13: 9780810993662

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tonya Bolden, Field Museum of Natural History Staff

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A Coretta Scott King Honor Award author offers a fresh look at this pioneering American innovator Shampoo from peanuts? Wallpaper from clay? Ink from sweet potatoes? Discover Carvers imagination and inspiration in this one-of-a-kind biography. With imagination and intellect, George Washington Carver (18641934) developed hundreds of unexpected products from everyday plants. This book reveals what an exceptionally uncommon man Carver was: trailblazing scholar, innovative scientist, pioneering conservationist, and impassioned educator. This book follows his life from slave and orphan to his college days as the first African American to attend Iowa State College (where he later taught), and…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Size: 10.37" wide x 10.37" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Tonya Bolden is the author of ten books, including "Strong Men Keep Coming", "The Family Heirloom Cookbook", & "33 Things Every Girl Should Know". She lives in Brooklyn, New York.