The Forty-Acre Swindle: Introducing George Washington Carver
The Forty-Acre Swindle: Introducing George Washington Carver
Jackson, Neta
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781939445339, Publication Date: Thu, September 1, 2016, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
George Washington Carver -- To fourteen-year-old Jesse Turner, being "free" in Alabama in 1898 doesn't seem much better than slavery. The Turners' forty-acre farm-given to them by the government following the Civil War-is exhausted from growing cotton, they face overwhelming debt, and trouble from prejudiced neighbors makes life difficult and frightening. It seems the only solution is to sell the land and begin sharecropping. But they find new hope in the teachings of George Washington Carver, a Christian agriculturist who travels the South helping fellow blacks with new farming techniques. Inspired by Carver's advice to "hang on to the land at all costs," Jesse takes a part-time job, and he and his father plant a promising crop of soybeans. But as the Turners race to meet the deadline for repaying their debts, they run into a host of new problems. And when the levee suspiciously bursts one night and floods their land, can Jesse find a way to save the family farm? Someone pulled along from the levee. But who?
reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Atmamun: The path to achieving ...

by Gupta MD, Kapil

Paperback /Paperback

$13.12

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir ...

by Hongo, Garrett

Hardcover /Hardcover

$22.50

Build Your Own Sheds & ...

by Design America Inc

Paperback /Paperback

$12.74

Coercive Control: How Men Entrap ...

by Stark, Evan

Hardcover /Hardcover

$44.10

listens & views

BEYOND THE CLOUDS

by WALKER,JIM AND FREE FLIGHT

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$8.99

HURRICANE (BONUS TRACK) (JPN)

by BENET,ERIC

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$22.99

LOVER

by EGYPTIAN LOVER

VINYL LP

out of stock

$10.25

AEROBICS FOR EVERYONE

by KALOGERSON,CHRIS

COMPACT DISC

$16.75

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.