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Harrington, Janice N.
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Parker, Charles S., 1882-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Harrington, Janice N.
Parker, Charles S., 1882-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Rooting
for
plants
: the
unstoppable
Charles
S
.
Parker
,
Black
botanist
and
collector
/ Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.
by
Harrington, Janice N.
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, c2023.
Call #:
580.92 P238ha
Subjects
Parker
,
Charles
S
., 1882-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781662680199
1662680198
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
In 1882,
Black
botanist
and mycologist
Charles
S
.
Parker
sprouted up in the lush, green Pacific Northwest. From the beginning,
Charles
's passion was
plants
, and he trudged through forests, climbed mountains, and waded into lakes to find them. When he was drafted to fight in World War I,
Charles
experienced prejudice against
Black
soldiers and witnessed the massive ecological devastation that war caused. Those experiences made him even more determined to follow his dreams, whatever the difficulties, and to have a career making things grow, not destroying them. As a
botanist
and teacher,
Charles
traveled the United States, searching for new species of
plants
and fungi. After discovering the source of the disease killing peach and apricot trees,
Charles
was offered a job at Howard University, the famed historically
Black
college where he taught the next generation of
Black
scientists--men and women--to love
plants
and fungi as much as he did.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Taylor, Theodore, III.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Children's Black Nonfiction
580.92 P238ha
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