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    George Washington Carver
    George Washington Carver
    George Washington Carver
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    George Washington Carver

    By Ellen Labrecque

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    This book traces the life of George Washington Carver, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the agricultural discoveries for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Carver's life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateDec 21, 2015
    ISBN9781410984463
    George Washington Carver
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    Ellen Labrecque

    Ellen Labrecque has written more than 50 books for young children. She lives in Yardley, Pa. with her husband Jeff and two children, Sam and Juliet. She especially loves writing biographies and in her free time enjoys reading, traveling to new places, and running.

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      George Washington Carver - Ellen Labrecque

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      Contents

      Who Was George Washington Carver?

      Born into Slavery

      The Quest for an Education

      College at Last

      A Professor

      Welcome to Tuskegee

      Too Many Peanuts!

      The Inventor

      Advice for All

      Never About Money

      The George Washington Carver Museum

      The George Washington Carver National Monument

      A Man Like No Other

      Timeline

      Glossary

      Find Out More

      Index

      Some words are shown in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

      Who Was George Washington Carver?

      How many things can be made from peanuts? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? Not even close! George Washington Carver invented more than 300 ways to use peanuts, including making candy, milk, coffee, laundry soap, and hand lotion.

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      Carver spent his life inventing new uses for many crops.

      Who was this great inventor? Carver was a man born into slavery who became a world-famous scientist in the field of agriculture. In addition to peanuts, he also worked with sweet potatoes and pecans. He spent much of his life teaching poor southern farmers new farming methods that helped them produce more and better crops.

      HELPING OTHERS

      Carver

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