More than peanuts : the unlikely partnership of Tom Huston and George Washington Carver / Edith Powell ; foreword by Walter A. Hill ; reader's note by Bert Hitchcock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Edith, 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peanut industry--Southern States--History--20th century.

Peanut industry.

Peanuts--Southern States.

Peanuts.

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.

Carver, George Washington.

Huston, Tom, 1889-1972.

Huston, Tom.

Southern States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 185 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, [2022]

Summary:

"Here is your journey of George Washington Carver, the shy, unassuming scientific genius of Tuskegee Institute, and white businessman Bob Barry, Grady Porter, and Tom Huston -- through the letters they wrote to each other and to others who joined them on a quest to grow the peanut industry in the South by understanding and solving the problems faced by farmers. The letters document a fascinating early example of cooperation between farmers, private business, university researchers, and government policymakers in the early twentieth century. Even more importantly, the story offers eloquent testimony to a lasting interracial friendship in the segregated south -- so much more than peanuts." -- From back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. An Unlikely Partnership

2. The Beginning

3. The Plan and the Ultimate Strategy

4. The Plan is Working

5. The Plan Begins to Bear Fruit

6. It All Comes Together, or Mission Accomplished

7. Tom and George, after the Peanut Company.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1588384462

9781588384461

OCLC:

1282596573

Publisher Number:

99993103698