Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
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A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.
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non-fiction, Newbery Medal, Seafaring life, Astronomers, Mathematicians, Juvenile non-fiction, Navigation, History, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Sailors, Juvenile literature, Nautical charts, Aids to navigation, Inventors, Biography, Children's fiction, Scientists, fiction, Massachusetts, history, fictionPlaces
Salem (Mass.)Times
18th century, 19th centuryShowing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
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Edition Notes
First published in 1955.
Newbery Award 1956.
Grade level: Grades 4 through 6.
Grade level: Grades 7 through 9.
Grade level: Grades 10 through 12.
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In this book, the largely unknown and frequently forgotten Nathaniel Bowditch comes to life in a brilliant portrait of his life. Readable for all ages, the book begins as the Bowditch family moves back to Salem, Massachusetts. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch follows Nathaniel Bowditch as he grows older and steadily more brilliant in mathematics and sciences, teaching himself by candle light and doing amazing things like learning Latin by himself. This book follows Bowditch's life through from a very young child to a fully grown and aging man. Although written like a novel and can read like fiction, the events of his life as represented in this book are accurate.
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