Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
By: by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II.
Contributors: Cosgrave, John O'Hara, 1908-1968, ill.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Bowditch, Nathaniel, -- 1773-1838 -- Juvenile fiction; Newbery Medal; Navigation -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
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.
Notes: First published in 1955.

Newbery Award 1956.

Grade level: Grades 4 through 6.

Grade level: Grades 7 through 9.

Grade level: Grades 10 through 12.