George Washington Carver

by Rackham Holt

Few men present as magnificent a subject for American biography as George Washington Carver of Tuskegee, Alabama. His genius, patient and pure, ranks him with the great men of the century - men who recognized their kinship with him and gave him their friendship: Edison, Ford, Wallace.

And no one has done a finer job of writing about him than Rackham Holt in this best-selling biography which has been through twenty printings as a hardbound book and which was enlarged and updated in 1963. Mrs. Holt spent four years in intensive research and interviews with Dr. Carver at Tuskegee Institute, the scene of much of his important work. Through long personal association with this great American she gained great insight into his character and purpose.

Here is the complete story of this world-renowned genius who, born in slavery, moved forward through his own peculiar capacity for knowledge and learning to a place of friendship and esteem of eminent men and the most learned societies and scientific and humanitarian bodies throughout the world.

360 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1963