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African American agriculturists Biography Juvenile literature Agriculturists Agriculturists Poetry Agriculturists United States Biography Juvenile literature American poetry Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest) 1914-2009 Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943 Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943 Juvenile literature Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943 Poetry Food supplyBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921CARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: A look at the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARNelson, Marilyn
Summary: George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born a slave in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver truly found his calling. He spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 811.54 NELSummary: 1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MANNelson, Marilyn
Summary: A collection of poems that combine to provide a portrait of the life of nineteenth-century African-American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Front Street 2001
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1 available in We the People bookshelf, Call number: J 811.54 NELAbrams, Dennis
Summary: Presents the life and legacy of the pioneering American agriculturist who was born into slavery and went on to become a college professor famous for finding numerous uses for various types of plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARElliott, Lawrence.
Summary: A biography of the Afro-American scientist whose agricultural research revolutionized the economy of the South.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARGigliotti, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630.92 CARHesser, Leon F.
Contents: Letter from Dr. Norman Borlaug -- Chapter 1. Growing Up on an Iowa Farm -- Chapter 2. A Budding Scientist at the University of Minnesota -- Chapter 3. The Rockefeller Foundation Offers Borlaug a Challenge -- Chapter 4. Borlaug Builds a Revolutionary Wheat Breeding Program -- Chapter 5. Rockefeller's Mexico Program Goes International -- Chapter 6. Famine is Averted in India -- Chapter 7. Father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Durban House Publishing Company, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BORLAUG, NORMAN HESLegler, Gretchen
Summary: ""Woodsqueer" is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which can often lead to a kindof stir-craziness. Woodsqueer chronicles her experiences not just making a living but making a life-in this case, an agrarian one more in tune...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEGLER, GRETCHEN LEGForeman, Patricia L. (Patricia Louise)
Summary: City Chicks is a remarkable trend-setting book for poultry lovers and urban agriculturists. It combines hands-on, real-life experience to bring you one of the most complete authorative books on micro-flock management.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Earth Publications 2009