George Washington Carver

I purchased this book a while back for Sunday School Training. Wonderful book for children. In fact I saw a reporter plug this wonderful man. He made raving reviews and never mentioned George Washington Carver's name.

George Washington Carver was a slave who was born around 1865.He and his brother Jim, was reared by their slavemaster and his wife, Moses Carver. George was estranged from his mother at a very early age.He had a strong interest in the plant life, and was always going in the woods when he was growing up. He worked his way through high school and college.Although he was faced with many struggles, racial problems, and disapppointments, he always maintained his focus on his dreams.In 1896, George was offered a teaching job from Booker T. Washington, who was the principal of Tuskegee Institute in Birmingham, AL. He accepted the position, and was assigned several responsibilities. One of the assignments was director of the school agricultural experiment station.One of Carver's greatest concerns was to help improve the well being of other blacks.He had strong Christian beliefs and always included God in his work.George became well known for his several creative ways for finding use for the peanut, sweet potato, and other crops.He received several awards, one of which was the Springharn Medal in 1923. In 1935, George was selected to the collaborator to the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Mycology and Plant Disease Survey.He pursued his lab and fieldwork the same way he embraced man and nature; with wonder and affection.