George Washington Carver : Teacher and Environmentalist.
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TextSeries: Notable MissouriansPublication details: Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (49 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612482149
- 1612482147
- 9781612482156
- 1612482155
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Juvenile literature
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
- African American agriculturists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Diamond (Mo.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American agriculturists
- Agriculturists
- Missouri -- Diamond
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Agriculture
- 630.92 23
- S417.C3 .M668 2017eb
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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