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Benjamin Banneker : surveyor, astronomer, publisher, patriot
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Benjamin Banneker : surveyor, astronomer, publisher, patriot

Author: Charles A Cerami
Publisher: New York : J. Wiley, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Chronicles the life of Benjamin Banneker, providing information on his extraordinary mathematical and analytical abilities, his photographic memory, his role in the planning of Washington, D.C., and his "Banneker's Almanac," which was celebrated for the accuracy of the celestial movements it provided navigators and its weather forecasts.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Benjamin Banneker; Benjamin Banneker
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Charles A Cerami
ISBN: 0471387525 9780471387527
OCLC Number: 48265548
Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 The Prince and the Convict. 2 Lessons, Precious and Painful. 3 The Lurking Terror. 4 A Door Opens Wider. 5 The Great Unknown. 6 Enter the Ellicotts. 7 Turning Night into Day. 8 The Unfinished Revolution. 9 Attracted to the City. 10 Meanwhile, at Mount Vernon. 11 Astonishing Choices. 12 Back Home to Plant ... and Publish. 13 A Declaration of Indignation. 14 A Founder 's Crafty Response. 15 A Place Among the Greats. 16 The Sage 's Years of Glory. 17 Living Off the Land Again. 18 Ennobled by Flame. Appendix I: The Dogon Ancestors. Appendix II: A Significant Similarity. Sources. General Source Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Responsibility: Charles Cerami.
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Chronicles the life of Benjamin Banneker, providing information on his extraordinary mathematical and analytical abilities, his photographic memory, his role in the planning of Washington, D.C., and his "Banneker's Almanac," which was celebrated for the accuracy of the celestial movements it provided navigators and its weather forecasts.

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