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 Info | Nashville : Abingdon, ©1978. |
| Description | 142 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142). |
| LCCN | 77013216 |
| ISBN | 0687029007 |
| ISBN | 9780687029006 |