George Washington Carver in his own words

Over thirty years have passed since the publication of the first edition of this title (1986). This second edition of Kremer's work is informed by his own biography of the scientist, George Washington Carver: A Biography (2011), as well as by two other significant biographical treatments of Carver in the intervening period: Mark Hersey's focused study of Carver and conservation, My Work Is That of Conservation (CH, Nov'11, 49-1454), and the late Christina Vella's comprehensive biography, George Washington Carver: A Life (CH, Jan'16, 53-2370). In addition, Kremer (State Historical Society of Missouri) has added a concluding chapter of excerpts from videotaped oral interviews he conducted in 1989 with a number of individuals who knew and worked with Carver from the 1920s until his death in 1943. They shed light on Carver's interpersonal dynamics and his religiosity, and provide further detail on Carver's place within the broader environment of the Tuskegee Institute. Kremer has fleshed out and further articulated his portrait of Carver in the revision of the earlier chapters, particularly those on the scientist as mystic and the experience of being black in white America. For collections in African American studies and agricultural history. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. --Lynn S. Cline, Missouri State University