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

Latham, Jean Lee (Author). Cosgrave, John O'Hara, II, 1908-1968 (Added Author).

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.

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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.

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library 921 .B785 (Text) 37814000074766 JUV NON-FICTION Available -
Baker County Library LATHAM (Jean) (Text) 37814001287987 JUV FICTION Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande J/Latham, J nb (Text) 35178001089492 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cove School Library j 921 BOWDITCH (Text) 20094000041730 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Echo Public Library PB X FIC Latham (Text) 37826000161252 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 05/28/2025
Hermiston High School Library FIC LAT (Text) hhs33122003159764 Main Collection Available -
Hines Middle School FIC LAT (Text) 37755000025359 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Huntington School Library F Latham (Text) 37907000104353 Fiction Checked out -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview X LAT (Text) 37620000151508 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Nyssa Public Library Y LAT (Text) 36660000147735 Young Adult Available -
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