Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II.
Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor"s world--Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn"t promise to have the m...
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Main Author: | Latham, Jean Lee. |
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Other Authors: | Cosgrave, John O'Hara, II, 1908-1968 (Illustrator) |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
1955.
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Series: | John Newbery Medal Book, 1956.
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