Jean Lee Latham, Mary R Walsh

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Empfohlen ab 12 Jahre. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 256 Seiten
ISBN 0618250743
EAN 9780618250745
Veröffentlicht Mai 2003
Verlag/Hersteller HarperCollins
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Beschreibung

Newbery Medal Winner
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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Jean Lee Latham was born in 1902 in Buckhannon, West Virginia. At an early age, she became a prolific writer, penning works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as theater scripts. Ever since its debut, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch has acquired an intrigued group of sea-loving fans.

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