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001 2015006259
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008 150313s2015 lau b s001 0beng
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020 $a9780807160749 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $a0807160741 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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050 00 $aS417.C3$bV45 2015
082 00 $a630.92$aB$223
100 1 $aVella, Christina,$d1952-
245 10 $aGeorge Washington Carver :$ba life /$cChristina Vella.
264 1 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c2015.
300 $ax, 422 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aSouthern biography series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.
505 0 $aCarver'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.
600 10 $aCarver, George Washington,$d1864?-1943.
650 0 $aAfrican American agriculturists$vBiography.
650 0 $aAgriculturists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American scientists$vBiography.
610 20 $aTuskegee Institute$xHistory.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xResearch$zSouthern States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPeanuts$zUnited States$xHistory.