The Resource Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
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- Summary
- After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Note
- Originally published in 1955
- 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
- Label
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
- Title
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
- Title variation
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
- Subject
-
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
- Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 -- Fiction
- Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Fiction
- Navigation -- Fiction
- trueNavigation -- History
- trueAstronomers
- Salem (Mass.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Seafaring life -- Fiction
- trueSailors -- United States
- Astronomers -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
- 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
- Award
- Newbery Medal, 1956.
- Awards note
- Newbery Medal, 1956.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 093531
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Latham, Jean Lee
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 570
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PZ7.L348
- LC item number
- Car 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 570
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 9
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1908-1968
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Cosgrave, John O'Hara
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bowditch, Nathaniel
- Bowditch, Nathaniel
- Mathematicians
- Astronomers
- Navigation
- Seafaring life
- Salem (Mass.)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
- Note
- Originally published in 1955
- 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
- 3001227
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618250745
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2003267707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780618250745
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm52339673
- (OCoLC)52339673
- Label
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II
- Note
- Originally published in 1955
- 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
- 3001227
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618250745
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2003267707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780618250745
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm52339673
- (OCoLC)52339673
Subject
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
- Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 -- Fiction
- Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Fiction
- Navigation -- Fiction
- trueNavigation -- History
- trueAstronomers
- Salem (Mass.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Seafaring life -- Fiction
- trueSailors -- United States
- Astronomers -- Fiction
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