Who Was George Washington Carver?

Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Gigliotti, Nancy Harrison, Stephen Marchesi, Who HQ
• Assisted by: Nancy Harrison (Illustration), Stephen Marchesi (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780448483122
• ISBN: 978-0-448-48312-2
• Series: Who Was...?; Who Was?; Who HQ
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books