Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
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Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2003?].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780618250745, 9780618250813, 0618250816
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.1, 8 Points

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Description
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.
Description
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
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570L,Lexile
Awards
Newbery Medal, 1956.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Latham, J. L., & Cosgrave, J. O., II. (2003). Carry on, Mr. Bowditch. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Latham, Jean Lee and John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. 2003. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Latham, Jean Lee and John O'Hara Cosgrave, II, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Latham, Jean Lee and John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

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