George Washington Carver, plant doctor

By Mirna Benitez

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, African Americans, Peanuts, Agriculturists, African American agriculturists

Description: A biography of the agriculturist for beginning readers, chronicling his struggle to get an education, his work at the Tuskegee Institute, and how he helped popularize peanuts as a cash crop in the South. Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.