Who Was George Washington Carver?

Gigliotti, Jim; Who HQ; Marchesi, Stephen [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0448483122 / ISBN 13: 9780448483122

Verlag: Penguin Workshop, 2015

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0448483122-3-31000136

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Who Was George Washington Carver?
Verlag: Penguin Workshop
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: paperback
Illustrator: Marchesi, Stephen
Zustand: Good