George Washington Carver : a life / Christina Vella.
Series: Southern biography seriesPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2015Description: x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807160749 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 630.92 B 23
- S417.C3 V45 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Carver's George -- Drifting toward life -- A real human being -- Booker -- Dominion of poverty -- "Stand up for the stupid and crazy" -- Love and lynch mobs -- Wrestling with devils -- Bad days and worse -- The curtain lifts -- Trying to be serious -- A real chemist? -- Passion pure and simple -- Suffering humanity -- Fame and its discontents -- Miles to go -- A million thanks -- Epilogue -- Appendices: 1. Experiment Station Bulletins by George W. Carver; 2. Partial list of Carver's products from peanuts and sweet potatoes (compiled by Carver); 3. Dr. Joseph Kenney's letter to Booker T. Washington and the Executive Council concerning unsanitary conditions at Tuskegee, March 26, 1903.
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