George Washington Carver

This was interesting and I am glad I included it on my George Washington Carver reading list. But as mostly a collections of letters and personal writings not meant for publication it is a slow read. One of those things you pick up and put down a lot.......more

A good introduction to Carver, who was a man of charm and impracticality, intensity and feminine tenderness, humility and immense ego, and who was simultaneously devoted to Christian orthodoxy and an idiosyncratic strain of nature mysticism. Kremer’s introduction is nicely written and strikes a prop......more

This is all the letters he wrote and / or received. Most cover the same idea over and over.......more

While I rated this a 2, I want to clarify that I do not believe this is a bad book. I read this for black history month in 2022 with the hope of learning more about the impact that this man had on agriculture and society. If this is your desire when picking up this book, you may be disappointed. Wha......more

What a different portrait of a man than some of the other biographies portray him -- he really worked hard to have a certain image of himself. While much of it was true, it was interesting to see that even "way back when" people knew how to spin their own story to make themselves more marketable. I......more