About the Author

Gary R. Kremer is Executive Director of The State Historical Society of Missouri. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader; Missouri's Black Heritage, Revised Edition; and George Washington Carver: In His Own Words (all University of Missouri Press). He lives in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Reviews

"Kremer's excellent introduction and his detailed commentary between letters help put the correspondence into perspective. The result is a balanced look at Carver that retains the flavor of the scientist's story as told `in his own words.' ...The work adds to one's understanding of racial attitudes in the South while presenting an engaging portrait of this folk hero."--Georgia Historical Quarterly

"Kremer's background and transitional comments, along with Carver's writings, succeed in bringing Carver to life; helping readers to encounter, empathize with, and appreciate this complex, often contradictory man--egotistical and insecure, empirical and mystical, demanding and self-sacrificing."--Journal of Southern History

"These documents are carefully edited and arranged in proper context with very helpful and perceptive editorial comments, offering the opportunity for readers to study Carver, the man, in his own words....It is well done and will be of special interest to persons and libraries seeking authoritative material about black Americans."--Choice