NELSON, Marilyn. Carver. A Life in Poems. Asheville, NC: Front Street [2001]. 8vo, 103pp. Black quarter-cloth stamped in silver with blue-gray textured boards. Gray flecked endpapers; b&w photographs throughout. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

 

First edition. 2002 Newbery Honor Book! Marilyn Nelson’s beautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher.