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Loading... Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (1955)by Jean Lee Latham, John O'Hara Cosgrave, II (Illustrator)
  
Favorite Childhood Books (341) » 8 more Elevenses (150) Historical Fiction (700) Sonlight Books (545) Ambleside Books (410) CCE 1000 Good Books List (416) 4th Grade Books (266) No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is exciting and well written. It is also very inspiring. (  ) FaithBurnside | Aug 17, 2022 |  I liked this book and so did my 11-year-old. A wonderful bookstore owner in Alexandria told me kids still like it :) and kids who like math LOVE it. Short chapters so easy to read aloud. It is a biography and there are some tragic events--very gently handled, but characters are lost at sea etc. Good story about overcoming disadvantages, using your strengths and sensitive exploration of what it feels like to find math easy and some people difficult to understand. Highly recommended. ( ) Ldecher | Dec 16, 2021 | I liked this book well enough that on a visit to Salem, MA I made my poor mother walk miles just to see his boyhood home. She had an injured knee at the time but she did it for me. And I've got a picture of the house to keep forever. (  ) Chica3000 | Dec 11, 2020 | 00008695 lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 | 00009321 lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. 
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