The Story Of George Washington Carver

Eva Moore's biography for young readers follows George Washington Carver from his birth into slavery around 1864 through a childhood spent tending a secret garden and teaching himself botany by trial and error. It traces his path to becoming a teacher and agricultural scientist at Tuskegee Institute, where his research into peanuts, sweet potatoes and other crops gave struggling Southern farmers an alternative to cotton after the boll weevil devastated the crop.