Adair, Gene

Hailed as the savior of southern agriculture, George Washington Carver became the first black man of science to emerge as an American folk hero.

Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.

An illustrated biography of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, discussing his youth in England, his early career, his move to Hollywood, his masterpiece films, and his later years, and including writings by Hitchcock, a chronology, and a list of his films.

A biography of the African-American man whose scientific research revolutionized the economy of the South.