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Author Montgomery, Christine

Title George Washington Carver : Teacher and Environmentalist
Published Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (49 pages)
Series Notable Missourians
Notable Missourians.
Contents A difficult beginning -- Growing up on a farm -- Art and politics -- Missouri's artist -- The Civil War
Summary George Washington Carver was born into slavery in the final weeks of the Civil War. When he was growing up, George was so good at growing plants that the neighbors called him the "plant doctor." Since George was African American, he wasn't allowed to go to school with white children. But George was so eager for an education that he walked for miles and moved all over the country to go to school. He studied agriculture in college so he could learn to help others. After college, he moved to the South and taught poor farmers how to grow crops better and keep their soil healthier. He became a resp
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 fast
Subject African American agriculturists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Technology -- Agriculture.
African American agriculturists
Agriculturists
SUBJECT Diamond (Mo.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Subject Missouri -- Diamond
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Juvenile works
Form Electronic book
Author Hare, John
ISBN 9781612482149
1612482147
9781612482156
1612482155