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

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

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
251 pages
Contents
  • Good-luck spell
  • Privateers
  • Word from the pilgrim
  • "Boys don't blubber"
  • Voice in the night
  • "Sail by ash breeze!"
  • Almanac
  • "Lock, stock, and bookkeeper"
  • Anchor to windward
  • Freedom
  • What next?
  • Down to the sea
  • Discovery
  • Nineteen guns
  • "Sail Ho-O-O-O-O!"
  • Simple matter of mathematics
  • Lunars and moonlight
  • Astrea to the rescue
  • Strange sailing orders
  • Book sailing
  • "Sealing is safer"
  • Science and sumatra
  • Captain Bowditch commanding
  • Man against the fog
Isbn
9780618250745
Instance
Label
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Title
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Statement of responsibility
Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
Creator
Contributor
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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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Awards note
Newbery Medal, 1956
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Latham, Jean Lee
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • 570L
  • Decoding indicator: 100 (high)
  • Semantic indicator: 100 (high)
  • Syntactic indicator: 90 (high)
  • Structure indicator: 90 (high)
  • Middle School
Intended audience source
  • Lexile
  • Lexile
Interest level
MG
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
4.1
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1908-1968
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Cosgrave, John O'Hara
Series statement
John Newbery Medal Book, 1956
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bowditch, Nathaniel
  • Inventors
  • Sailors
  • Nautical charts
  • Aids to navigation
  • Seafaring life
  • Navigation
  • Salem (Mass.)
  • Bowditch, Nathaniel
  • Navigation
  • Bowditch, Nathaniel
  • Aids to navigation
  • Inventors
  • Nautical charts
  • Navigation
  • Sailors
  • Seafaring life
  • Massachusetts
  • United States
  • Bowditch, Nathaniel
  • Navigation
  • Newbery Medal
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Good-luck spell -- Privateers -- Word from the pilgrim -- "Boys don't blubber" -- Voice in the night -- "Sail by ash breeze!" -- Almanac -- "Lock, stock, and bookkeeper" -- Anchor to windward -- Freedom -- What next? -- Down to the sea -- Discovery -- Nineteen guns -- "Sail Ho-O-O-O-O!" -- Simple matter of mathematics -- Lunars and moonlight -- Astrea to the rescue -- Strange sailing orders -- Book sailing -- "Sealing is safer" -- Science and sumatra -- Captain Bowditch commanding -- Man against the fog
Control code
301421
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
251 pages
Isbn
9780618250745
Lccn
55005219
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)301421
Label
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Good-luck spell -- Privateers -- Word from the pilgrim -- "Boys don't blubber" -- Voice in the night -- "Sail by ash breeze!" -- Almanac -- "Lock, stock, and bookkeeper" -- Anchor to windward -- Freedom -- What next? -- Down to the sea -- Discovery -- Nineteen guns -- "Sail Ho-O-O-O-O!" -- Simple matter of mathematics -- Lunars and moonlight -- Astrea to the rescue -- Strange sailing orders -- Book sailing -- "Sealing is safer" -- Science and sumatra -- Captain Bowditch commanding -- Man against the fog
Control code
301421
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
251 pages
Isbn
9780618250745
Lccn
55005219
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)301421

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