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Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wadsworth, Ginger
Other Authors: Orback, Craig (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2003]
Series:On my own biography.
Subjects:
Banneker, Benjamin, > 1731-1806 > Juvenile literature.
Astronomers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Banneker, Benjamin, > 1731-1806.
Astronomers.
African Americans > Biography.
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Summary:Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.
Physical Description:47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Awards:Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2004.
ISBN:0876149166 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)