Benjamin Banneker, genius of early America / Lillie Patterson ; illustrated by David Scott Brown.

Author/creator Patterson, Lillie
Other author Brown, David Scott.
Format Book
Publication InfoNashville : Abingdon, ©1978.
Description142 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. A story at Bannaky Springs -- 2. The little landowner -- 3. Growing and learning -- 4. A school at last -- 5. The wonderful wooden clock -- 6. Farming and studying -- 7. The Ellicotts of Ellicott's Mills -- 8. A young friend named George -- 9. Studying the sky -- 10. Laying out a capital city -- 11. Almanac maker -- 12. A letter to Thomas Jefferson -- 13. Almanacs for america -- 14. A gentleman of peace and learning -- 15. There lived a man.
Abstract A biography of the distinguished eighteenth-century black astronomer, farmer, mathematician, and surveyor whose accomplishments include having published a popular almanac and constructed the first completely American-made clock.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-142).
LCCN 77013216
ISBN0687029007
ISBN9780687029006