Patapsco
A Novel of Benjamin Banneker
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"The sleep which enveloped me did not however give me the rest to which I had accustomed after a day of stringing and hanging tobacco. Instead I fidgeted until, for the first time, a vision unlike any I had previously known, came to me.
"Out of a mist a figure emerged. The figure was a man as black as my elbow, sitting erectly on a stool with a scroll and quill on his lap. He was clothed in a tunic. He was a not tall man of slight build. As the mist melted, it was absorbed by burning desert sunlight. That sable gentleman smiled and spoke to
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Patapsco is a novel that fictionalizes the life of the Early American scientist, Benjamin Banneker. It is written in a style that approximates the language of the Eighteenth Century. While the characters and events are both real and imagined, the accomplishments of Banneker are historically accurate.
"This work could have been called, A SYMPHONY Of BENJAMIN BANNEKER. The life of this African American genius was such that its rhythms, movements and colors were in precise design. Banneker was rightly recognized, in his time, as an American original.
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SONGS OF THE ZODIAC, In Doo-Wop
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HARLEM WRITERS GUILD PRESS/iUNIVERSE
THE LEGEND OF
EXCURSIONS, Penny Candy
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About the Author
This author has fictionalized the life of the Eighteenth Century African American scientist Benjamin Banneker in a language approximating that of his time. He is able to carry the reader through the intellectual, creative and fantasy life of this early American genius in a manner that allows you to identify and empathize with him. In the novel, B. Banneker lives in and through his dreams which transport him back and forth between his era and that of the ancient Egyptian sage, Imhotep.
The author also succeeds in making the reader privy to the internal life of his protagonist. It is advisable that extended periods of time are set aside to spend in PATAPSCO. Such is the intriguing quality of this novel of Benjamin Banneker.
E. Landon Hobgood spent his childhood, back and forth, between
E. Landon Hobgood is a member of, the National Writers Union, the Harlem Writers Guild and the Hurston/Wright Foundation. His permanent residence is in