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The groundbreaking, chance-taking life of George Washington Carver and science & invention in America
The groundbreaking, chance-taking life of George Washington Carver and science & invention in America
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Harness, Cheryl
Publisher
National Geographic
Publication Date
c2008
Language
English
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[ERC] S417.C3 H28 2008
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Introduction
Chapter 1. An Inordinate Desire for Knowledge
Mary of Diamond Grove
A Hard Beginning in a Harsh Place
The Larger World
A Green Thumb and a Hungry Mind
Chapter 2. Sunshine and Shadow
The Wandering Years
Reconstruction
Jim Crow
Home on the Prairie
Chapter 3. The Golden Door of Freedom
A Real Human Being
The Greatest Good
College Man
Chapter 4. BTW and GWC
Riding the Southbound Train
Turn of the Century
Tuskegee Troubles
The Principal
Chapter 5. The Sage of Tuskegee
Into the Light
War
Fame
A Crippled Nation
Gold Out of Straw, Plastic Out of Beans
War: The Sequel
A Peaceful Life in a Perilous World
Catching the Vision
And Then What?
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Chronology
Science & Invention March On
Resources for Young Scientists and Inventors
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African American agriculturists
African American agriculturists -- Biography
Agriculturists
Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography
Carver, George Washington
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
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9781426301971
9781426301964
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