Who Was George Washington Carver?

Name: Who Was George Washington Carver?
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Jim Gigliotti
ISBN: 9780525636908

Author: Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ

Series: Who Was?

Narrator: Dominic Hoffman

Unabridged: 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/05/2018

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, African American & Black Nonfiction, Biographical

Synopsis

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 with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever. He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts.

About The Author

Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Licha on April 11, 2020

Going in on this, I didn't know much about GWC other than associating him with peanuts and inventions. I came away reading this in admiration of the man. As always, these are fantastic, short biographies meant for pre-teens, but surprisingly full of detail and I would say a thorough biography of a s......more

Goodreads review by Sabrina on August 26, 2019

Very informative. Read because my son has to do a book report on it. Loved it. Short read......more

Goodreads review by Andy on February 12, 2019

Easy to read but informative.......more

Goodreads review by Tristen on March 26, 2019

This book is about the life of George Washington Carter. I really liked this book. This book explains what George had done while he was alive and all of his accomplishments in agriculture, soil, and other practical uses. He had a long interesting life full of discovery built around helping others. S......more

Goodreads review by Caleb on July 15, 2018

"Who Was George Washington Carver?" by Jim Gigliotti is an amazing story of what African-American people had to deal with after the civil war just because of there race. George Washington Carver was a true hero for all African-Americans. He worked as hard as he could to become a scientist and he acc......more