Title:
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
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ISBN:
9781435201422
9780812428254
9780618250745
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [c2003]
Physical Description:
251 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Abstract:
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."
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.1 14 Quiz: 01865 Guided reading level: Y.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 8.0 16.
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Electronic Access:
Publisher descriptionContributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2003267707.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2003267707-b.html
Reading Level JCPL:
Target Audience Note:
570 Lexile.
Format:
Book
General Note:
Newbery Medal winner 1956
