Carry on, Mr. Bowditch /
Latham, Jean Lee.
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1955. - 251 p. : ill. ;
First published in 1955. Newbery Award 1956.
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.
0395068819 0395137136 (pbk)
Bowditch, Nathaniel 1773-1838 --Juvenile fiction.
Navigation -- Fiction.
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1955. - 251 p. : ill. ;
First published in 1955. Newbery Award 1956.
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.
0395068819 0395137136 (pbk)
Bowditch, Nathaniel 1773-1838 --Juvenile fiction.
Navigation -- Fiction.