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A biographical nove, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch charts the life journey of a boy genius, Nathaniel Bowditch, during the American Revolution. Abandoning dreams of a college education, Nathaniel enters an indentured apprenticeship at a ship chandlery and studies advanced mathematics and other sciences eventually leading to his correcting thousands of errors in navigation tables and his authoring The American Practical Navigator, a standard even today. Illustrated in black and white by John O’Hara Congrave II, Latham’s chapter book won the Newbery Medal in 1956. A fine first edition, first printing in a VG+ dust jacket with wear along the edges.