The achievements of great men like George Washington Carver are often perpetuated by myth; but more often they are simply overshadowed by the stature of the man himself. Such is the case with Carver.
Thus, this article seeks to identify Carver's achievements as a technical communicator through a brief analysis of some of the technical bulletins he wrote while directing the Agricultural Experiment Station at Tuskegee Institute.
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HoltR., George Washington Carver: An American Biography, Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1943.
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ElliottL., George Washington Carver: The Man Who Overcame, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1966.
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MackintoshB., George Washington Carver and the Peanut: New Light on a Much-Loved Myth, American Heritage, pp. 66–73, August, 1977.
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CarverG. W., Nature Study and Gardening for Rural Schools, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 18, p. 3, 1910.
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CarverG. W., How to Build Up and Maintain the Virgin Fertility of Our Soils, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 42, pp. 3–4, 1936.
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CarverG. W., How to Build Up Worn Out Soils, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 6, p. 4, 1905.
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CarverG. W., Feeding Acorns, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 1, p. 4, 1898.
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CarverG. W., Cotton Growing for Rural Schools, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 20, pp. 12–19, 1911.
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CarverG. W., Can Live Stock Be Raised Profitably in Alabama?, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 41, pp. 3–9, 1936.
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CarverG. W., Some Ornamental Plants of Macon County Alabama, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 16, pp. 5–6, 1909.
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CarverG. W., How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing It for Human Consumption, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 31, pp. 6–9, 1921.
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CarverG. W., The Pickling and Curing of Meat in Hot Weather, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 24, pp. 5–14, 1912.
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CarverG. W., Poultry Raising in Macon County, Alabama, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, No. 23, p. 4, 1912.
