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Author
Publisher
Wilder Publications
Pub. Date
2011, c1939
Language
English
Description
One of the rare English-language works on the Italian unification of the 19th century, this is also a remarkable historical work for the proud bias of its author, English historian GEORGE MACAULAY TREVELYAN (1876-1962). Of the three books he wrote devoted to the Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi-this is the first-Trevelyan later acknowledged, "Without bias, I should never have written them at all. For I was moved to write them by a poetical...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George Washington Carver was a skilled botanist who became famous for his work with peanuts and other plants. Readers will discover the captivating life of this incredible scientist in this engaging scientific biography. Using colorful photos and graphs, children will learn why Carver was known as "The Plant Doctor" as a child and how his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans helped change the way people used plants! The helpful glossary and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George Washington Carver worked his way through school and college to become a professor of agriculture. He taught students and farmers how to save the land by growing a greater variety of crops, including peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work...