Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

by Jean Lee Latham

In this book, the largely unknown and frequently forgotten Nathaniel Bowditch comes to life in a brilliant portrait of his life. Readable for all ages, the book begins as the Bowditch family moves back to Salem, Massachusetts. *Carry On, Mr. Bowditch* follows Nathaniel Bowditch as he grows older and steadily more brilliant in mathematics and sciences, teaching himself by candle light and doing amazing things like learning Latin by himself. This book follows Bowditch's life through from a very yo

1955 251 pages Houghton Mifflin 1 curator

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