Benjamin Banneker [electronic resource] : pioneering scientist / by Ginger Wadsworth ; illustrations by Craig Orback

Author	Wadsworth, Ginger
Title	Benjamin Banneker [electronic resource] : pioneering scientist / by Ginger Wadsworth ; illustrations by Craig Orback
Imprint	Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2003
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Descript	47 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm

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

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