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.

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Bowditch, Nathaniel 1773-1838 --Juvenile fiction.


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