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Carver by Marilyn Nelson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Carver about?
George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master's degree. In 1896, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. Carver's achievements as a botanist and inventor were balanced by his gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson provides a compelling and revealing portrait of Carver's complex, richly interior, profoundly devout life.
Who reads Carver?
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marilyn Nelson
- Publisher
- Boyds Mills Press
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Historical Fiction, Historical
- Rating
- 3.49 / 5 (207 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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