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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.

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

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: 9780395068816
  • ISBN: 0395137136
  • ISBN: 9780395137130
  • ISBN: 9780812428254
  • ISBN: 0812428250
  • ISBN: 9780618250813
  • ISBN: 0618250816
  • ISBN: 9780618250745
  • ISBN: 0618250743
  • ISBN: 059045577X
  • ISBN: 9780847903610
  • Physical Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Originally published in 1955.
Formatted Contents Note:
The good-luck spell -- The privateers -- Word from the Pilgrim -- Boys don't blubber -- A voice in the night -- Sail by ash breeze! -- The almanac -- Lock, stock, and bookkeeper -- Anchor to windward -- Freedom -- What next? -- Down to the sea -- Discovery -- Nineteen guns -- Sail Ho-o-o-o-o! -- A simple matter of mathematics -- Lunars and moonlight -- The Astrea to the rescue -- Strange sailing orders -- Book sailing -- Sealing is safer -- Science and Sumatra -- Captain Bowditch commanding -- Man against the fog.
Target Audience Note:
570L Lexile
Decoding demand: 92 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 85 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 8 16.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1956.

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Navigation > Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life > Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Medal.
Salem (Mass.) > History > 18th century > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 38 of 39 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Scenic Regional.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 39 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Scenic Regional-Pacific J FIC LAT (Text) 3001559179 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Pacific YA FIC LAT (Text) 3005149110 Young Adult Fiction Available -

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