Ferris, Jeri.

What are you figuring now? : a story about Benjamin Banneker / by Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Amy Johnson. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1988. - 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - A Carolrhoda creative minds book. .

A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.

0876143311 (lib. bdg.)

88-7267AC


Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 --Juvenile literature.
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.


Astronomers--Biography--Juvenile literature.--United States
Afro-Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.--United States
Astronomers.
Afro-Americans--Biography.

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