Vella, Christina,  1952- <br/><br/>
George Washington Carver :  a life / 
Christina Vella. 
 - x, 422 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
 - Southern biography series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807160749 (cloth : alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015006259 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Tuskegee Institute--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American agriculturists--Biography.<br/>Agriculturists--United States--Biography.<br/>African American scientists--Biography.<br/>Agriculture--Research--History.--Southern States<br/>Peanuts--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>S417.C3  / V45 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>630.92  B