Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Latham, Jean Lee; Cosgrave, John O'HaraFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1973-01-01
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin
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Summary
Winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, this novel tells the story of 18th-century mathematical wizard Nathaniel Bowditch, whose determination to master sea navigation resulted in "The American Practical Navigator."
Table of Contents
| The Good-Luck Spell | p. 1 |
| The Privateers | p. 9 |
| Word from the Pilgrim | p. 15 |
| "Boys Don't Blubber" | p. 25 |
| A Voice in the Night | p. 35 |
| "Sail by Ash Breeze!" | p. 43 |
| The Almanac | p. 54 |
| "Lock, Stock, and Bookkeeper" | p. 61 |
| Anchor to Windward | p. 69 |
| Freedom | p. 79 |
| What Next? | p. 89 |
| Down to the Sea | p. 99 |
| Discovery | p. 115 |
| Nineteen Guns | p. 123 |
| "Sail Ho-O-O-O-O!" | p. 136 |
| A Simple Matter of Mathematics | p. 150 |
| Lunars and Moonlight | p. 158 |
| The Astrea to the Rescue | p. 173 |
| Strange Sailing Orders | p. 184 |
| Book Sailing | p. 195 |
| "Sealing is Safer" | p. 208 |
| Science and Sumatra | p. 217 |
| Captain Bowditch Commanding | p. 228 |
| Man Against the Fog | p. 241 |
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