Latham, Jean Lee
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. - Boston Houghton Mifflin 1983. - 251 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
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 --Fiction.
Navigation--Fiction.
Newbery Medal.
jLat 17
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. - Boston Houghton Mifflin 1983. - 251 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
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 --Fiction.
Navigation--Fiction.
Newbery Medal.
jLat 17