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Author Montgomery, Christine.

Title George Washington Carver : Teacher and Environmentalist.

Publication Info. Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (49 pages).
age Children
text file
Series Notable Missourians
Notable Missourians.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Juvenile literature.
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.
African American agriculturists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American agriculturists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Agriculturists.
United States.
Diamond (Mo.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Added Author Hare, John.
Other Form: Print version: Montgomery, Christine. George Washington Carver : Teacher and Environmentalist. Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, ©2017 9781612482149
ISBN 9781612482149
1612482147
9781612482156 (electronic book)
1612482155 (electronic book)