What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker (Creative Minds Biography)

Author: Ferris, Jeri

Brand: Lerner Classroom

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 64

Release Date: 01-08-1988

Details: In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, D.C., were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying. Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job. Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when black Americans had few, if any, rights. Yet he was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor. What Are You Figuring Now? is the story of a man who was never afraid to try something new, no matter how difficult.

EAN: 9780876145210

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches

Languages: English