Latham, Jean Lee       <br/><br/>
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch 
Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. 
 - Boston   Houghton Mifflin  1983. 
 - 251 p.   ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published in 1955.  Newbery Award 1956. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395068819 0395137136 (pbk) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bowditch, Nathaniel 1773-1838 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Navigation--Fiction.<br/>Newbery Medal.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>jLat   17