{"product_id":"9781886910539","title":"Carver: A Life in Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highlights","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043575709936,"sku":"9781886910539","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781886910539_p0.jpg?v=1763606481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781886910539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}