Dear Benjamin Banneker
Title
:
Dear Benjamin Banneker
Author
:
Pinkney, Andrea Davis author.
ISBN
:
9780152018924
Edition
:
1st Voyager Books ed.
Publication Information
:
San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998, c1994.
Physical Description
:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Reading Level
:
AD 1100 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
Subject Term
:
Almanacs, American -- History.
African American scientists -- Biography.
Astronomers.
Almanacs -- History.
African Americans -- Biography.
Added Author
:
Pinkney, J. Brian
Summary
:
A biography of the eighteenth-century black tobacco farmer who taught himself mathematics, astronomy, and clockmaking; became famous for his almanacs, and assisted in the original survey of Washington, D.C.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | J 921 BANNEKER | Nonfiction Collection |