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Published by Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1995
ISBN 10: 0876142927ISBN 13: 9780876142929
Seller: The Bookworm, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
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10th Printing. Hardbound 8.75 inches tall by 6.25 inches wide 64 pages. Description: This is from the Carolrhoda Creative Minds series of biographies of extraordinary individuals. The stories are related in short, illustrated chapter books. Interior black and white illustrations and dust jacket art by Jan Hosking Smith. This tells about George Washington Carver who took the common goober (now called a peanut) and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning it into a profitable staple for the south, at the time when farmers were suffering from the invasion of the boll weevil. Originally published in 1986, this is a later printing. BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards (the cover illustrations are the same as the jacket); reinforced binding; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-87614-292-7.