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Original Title:	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
ISBN:	0618250743 (ISBN13: 9780618250745)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Massachusetts(United States) Salem, Massachusetts(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal (1956), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1957)

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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. 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.

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Title	:	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Author	:	Jean Lee Latham
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 251 pages
Published	:	May 19th 2003 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published 1955)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Classics. Young Adult. Childrens. Academic. School

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I read this book for school, I believe, and I have reread it several times. I always loved Nat, from the small boy to his married years. I thought the sailors with whom he sailed were amusing several times. I loved his thinking, but I didn't agree with his infatuation with math. There are several things I would like to mention, but they would contain spoilers. So, I'll just end by saying that I didn't like the way everyone seemed to die. This is a very appropriate book for almost all ages, and I

I had the hardest time convincing myself to pick this book up. The time period and the subject just aren't my cup of tea, but I had decided to read the Newberys, so I finally just buckled down and started.I couldn't put it down!Nat was a great character, both humble and confident at the same time. His caring for other sailors was amazing, when so many others would have considered the men to be "beneath" him. I also loved Nat's constant demands that charts and math be 100% accurate, because men's

I enjoyed reading this book SO MUCH!!!It was a wonderful read for both parent and child. I admire how self-motivated Nathaniel was. He did not give in to despair or adversity. He survived and then thrived through his self-education. This was an incredibly inspiring book! I am happy to have this classic on my shelves!I enjoyed all the characters. My favorite part of the book is when Mr. Bowditch begins teaching his fellow shipmates how to do complicated mathematics and navigation. My favorite

I was really surprised by this book.The main character is such a great example of hard work and self-learning. I was amazed at what he was able to accomplish on his own, but searching out and learning what he wanted/needed to. He has a lot of 'bad luck' along the way, but also a lot of people who truly love this humble, industrious man, people who do their best to help him along.The author did an excellent job developing the characters and moving the action along.My husband just finished reading

Ok so I'm sick with a sore throat, but I wanna try to review this anyway because the thoughts are bouncing around my head and I want to get them out. In a nutshell: IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. Nat Bowditch is my smol science child who just wants to be allowed to Do The Science and Do It Right; and life keeps throwing all these obstacles in his way, but he carries on and does the science anyway, b/c he's fabulous like that. I felt so bad when he had to leave school at age 12 and couldn't even go to

First sentence: Nat lay very still in the dark, trying to stay awake until his big brother, Hab, went to sleep.Premise/plot: Based on history, Latham chronicles the coming of age of Nat Bowditch. The book opens during the Revolutionary war and is set in Salem. His childhood was not easy. With the economy being what it was, with risks high, no matter how hard the family worked, the odds were against their success. One by one the boys had to drop out of school to work with their father in a