{"product_id":"9781629795874","title":"Carver: A Life in Poems","description":"George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master's degree. In 1896, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. Carver's achievements as a botanist and inventor were balanced by his gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson provides a compelling and revealing portrait of Carver's complex, richly interior, profoundly devout life.","brand":"Astra Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139607118064,"sku":"9781629795874","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781629795874_p0.jpg?v=1763869615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781629795874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}