Del Norte Public Library

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience. A generation of 20th-century Americans knew him as a gentle, stoop-shouldered old black man who loved plants and discovered more than a hundred...

A biography of the African-American man whose scientific research revolutionized the economy of the South.

A brief biography of the African American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

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.

With imagination and intellect, Carver developed hundreds of unexpected products from everyday plants. This book reveals what an exceptionally uncommon man Carver was: trailblazing scholar, innovative scientist, and impassioned educator.

Biography of an African American who was a successful scientist, inventor, and professor and improved the lives of countless African American farmers in the southern United States.

In graphic novel format, describes the life and work of George Washington Carver.

Presents an introduction to the life of African-American scientist George Washington Carver who overcame great hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

Describes the life and accomplishments of the former slave who became a scientist and devoted his career to helping the South improve its agriculture.

A biography of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.