Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
A Newbery Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 19, 2003
Carry On, Mr.
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- Who it’s for
- Maritime history and mathematical curiosity meet in a story of persistence.
- Themes
- Sea navigation, Persistence and determination, Study and observation
- Genres
- YA Biographical Fiction, YA Adventure, 19th-Century US YA
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Newbery Medal Winner 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 makings of a sailor; he was too physically small.
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Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by “log, lead, and lookout.” Nat’s long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the “Sailors’ Bible”), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.
Finding the Way
Maritime history and mathematical curiosity meet in a story of persistence.
Come here for
- Eighteenth-century sailing and the craft of navigation
- A determined mind at work with mathematics and observation
Expect
- Sea travel guided by log, lead, and lookout
- A sustained story of study and persistence
Where it sits
| 19th-Century US YA | 48% |
|---|---|
| YA Biographical Fiction | 47% |
| YA Adventure | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- YA Survival Stories
- YA Biographical Fiction
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
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- YA Classics
- Coming of Age
- YA Blended Family Stories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Authors
- Jean Lee Latham, Mary R. Walsh
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 19, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sea navigation · Persistence and determination · Study and observation
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure