An easy reading chapter book describing a little known page from Black history, America's clock-maker and a self-taught astronomer....."Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did. In a time when most black Americans were slaves, Bannek lived a life of freedom and became known as America's first black man of science." (publisher) Includes a chronology, afterword, historical photos and colorful illustrations.