
THE FORTY-ACRE SWINDLE, Introducing 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...

Freed from slavery, Jesse Turner and his family find freedom to be no easier. The advice of George Washington Carver provides some hope, but will his empowering words and innovative ideas be enough when danger arrives? Ages 8-12.