George Washington Carver: The Man Who Overcame

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

George Washington Carver: The Man Who Overcame

Entry/Object ID

L2006.6.3

Description

George Washington Carver: The Man Who Overcame is about Carver, a Negro born into slavery and orphaned as a child. He was plagued by prejudice, poverty and ill health. In this biography Carver is described as a great man who never looked for fame and fortune but found the world coming to him for his knowledge and his friendship. Carver earned his master's degree in agriculture and bacterial botany. In 1896 he journeyed from Iowa State to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to join Booker T. Washington and stayed until his death 47 years later. He was friends with United States Presidents and world political personages. He learned about peanuts and invented hundreds of uses 256/Hardbound

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Education, Agriculture, Music, Religion

Search Terms

George Washington Carver, Agriculture, Bacterical Botany, Tuskegee Institute, Peanuts, Education, Autobiography, Medica, Carver, George Washington

Book Details

Author

Elliott, Lawrence

Place Published

City

Englewood Cliffs

State/Province

New Jersey

Date Published

1966

Call No.

BlackHist EL

LCCN

66-23368

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

George Washington Carver