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Carver: A Life in Poems

Marilyn Nelson

Hardcover | Pages: 112 pages

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Title	:	Carver: A Life in Poems
Author	:	Marilyn Nelson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 112 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2001 by Front Street, Incorporated (first published April 23rd 1997)
Categories	:	Poetry. Biography. Nonfiction. Cultural. African American. History

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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.

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Original Title:	Carver: A Life in Poems
ISBN:	1886910537 (ISBN13: 9781886910539)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	George Washington Carver
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal Nominee (2002), Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author Honor (2002), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry (2001), Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (2002), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2001)

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This book was written by Marilyn Nelson. She was the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman. Through this collection of poems she beautifully portrays the life of George Washington Carver and the struggles and obstacles he had to overcome in his time. The book is both an overview of of an era and an intimate look into the life of a man of great faith. It is one of the best books I've ever read. "A personal relationship with the Great Creator of all things is the only foundation for the abundant life."

I'm always excited to see a nonfiction on the Newberry list because I typically find them better written than the fiction books. I enjoyed learning about GWC. I didn't know much about his life. I typically just think "peanuts," and that's all I know. I typically love books written in poem format, but this one was sometimes a bit frustrating. I had a hard time really understanding the information the poems were trying to get across.

This book is a beautiful and exciting way to learn about an important man in the history of America, and of course in the history of African-Americans. Don't be fooled by the initial appearance of this book. I know you've probably read about tons of other people who were considered extraordinary, but this book is special because we feel like we get to know Carver on a personal level.The two most important tactics to use whilst reading this book: remembering context/seeing things from Carver's

"When I die I will live again./By nature I am a conserver./I have found Nature/to be a conserver, too" (95). What a wonderful way to memorialize and create a new vision of George Washington Carver's tremendous life and gifts. Paired with photographs and a timeline, each poem captures Carver's spiritual and intellectual commitments and the thoughts, fears, and meditations of those around him. Wonderful.

I dissent from the blurb that asserts: 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. Absent a sorely needed introduction readers will likely feel disoriented initially, as if they've fallen thru a rabbit-hole or found themselves reading something by Alain Robbe-Grillet, something very trippy. But one's footing can be had with help from Wikipedia, other

Another book read for school. I don't typically read books in verse, but this was a nice little book. Very engaging and informative.

I've never read anything else like this. I learned a lot about Carver through this poetry-biography, and was just blown away by Nelson's writing. I recommended it to a mom who came to get a book about Carver for her 11 or 12 year old, but warned her that it was slightly graphic.