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Carry on, Mr. Bowditch  Cover Image Book Book

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395068819
  • ISBN: 0395137136
  • Physical Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First published in 1955.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 4.1 8.0
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1956.
Subject: Inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile fiction.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Nautical charts > History.
Aids to navigation > Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life > Juvenile fiction.
Navigation > Juvenile fiction.
Salem (Mass.) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Medal
Genre: Biographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 14 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Ontario Community Library j LATHAM, Jean Lee (Text) 33330000447625 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Ontario Middle School Library Fic Cos (Text) 35550000205032 Fiction Available -
Sherman County Public/School Library JUV FIC LAT (Text) 37039000112495 JUVENILE FICTION Available -
Slater Elementary FIC LAT (Text) 37744000084004 Juvenile fiction Available -


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