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Great book
I remember my mom made me read this story when I was homeschooled. Carry on Mr Bowditch was a book that I actully enjoyed reading when I was homeschooled. Mr Bowditch is an inspiration. He had the attitude that he could do anything he could put his mind too.
Don't Waste Your Money!
This "book" is probably one of the worst examples of literature I have ever read. Pathetic use of word choice, the whole plot was extremely dull. The most annoying part was how "perfect" Mr. Bowditch's life is (was)! Everything just goes his way- even his enemies end up looking up to him in the end! NO ONE acts this way! Oh- his perfect life? Well the only un-perfect part is that probably half his fmaily dies. Before you scorn me for saying "perfect" when he had all this loss- it really didn't seem to hurt him that much. Everyone felt sorry for him- so all the more he gained. He didn't even seem at all sad. The book would be like "And his poor, dear sister died of whatever" and he would be all "oh, I'm sad. :( Oh well, better get back to being happy ol' me again! La la la la..." PLease- buy some better book- not this pitiful excuse of one.

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch is incredibly intelligent. In school he did problems on his second day that even the most advanced students couldn't do.When he was very young his mother passed away, followed by his grandmother three months later. When he was twelve he was signed up as an apprentice by his father. As an apprentice he was not allowed to go anywhere unless he was given permission. He learned all about book keeping and navigation, and his intelligence rose. When he was released nine years later, he was given a job as bookkeeper and second mate on a ship.He ended up rewriting "Moore's Navigating Guide" because it had thousands of fatal mistakes, which had cost the lives of numerous sailors. He was eventually promoted to first mate and eventually became captain of his own ship. He also had taught the sailors on most of his ships navigating, and discovered an easier way to use navigating devices. Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham is a great book about how determination can get you anywhere.
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Subjects:  1. Astronomers    2. Biographical - United States    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Fiction    6. Historical - United States - 19th Century    7. Historical - United States - Colonial    8. Historical - United States - General    9. Historical Fiction (Young Adult)    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Mathematicians    12. Navigation    13. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General   

Subjects:  1. Juvenile literature    2. Whitney, Eli   

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Overall, the book is delightful and a great source for primary readers (grade 2+). The biography is thorough and the language is written in the way that's easy for kids to understand. I also like the fact that the prints are big enough so that the reading doesn't appear too overwhelming despite it being 80pgs.The only thing that I wish it had would be better illustrations.The pictures are a bit sketchy and should be more colorful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1765-1825    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    4. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Inventors    8. Juvenile Applied Sciences    9. Juvenile literature    10. Science & Technology - Inventions & Discoveries    11. Technology - Inventions & Discoveries    12. United States    13. Whitney, Eli,    14. Whitney, Eli   

Subjects:  1. Juvenile fiction    2. Lathom House, Ormskirk, England    3. Siege, 1644   

Subjects:  1. 1821-1910    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    4. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Blackwell, Elizabeth,    7. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    8. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    9. England    10. Girls & Women    11. Juvenile Applied Sciences    12. Juvenile literature    13. United States    14. Women    15. Women physicians    16. Blackwell, Elizabeth    17. Technology & Applied Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Houston, Sam    2. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. 1801-1870    2. Admirals    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    5. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Farragut, David Glasgow,    9. History - Military & Wars    10. Juvenile Geography    11. Juvenile literature    12. United States    13. Farragut, David Glasgow   

Subjects:  1. Columbia River    2. History    3. Juvenile literature    4. Northwest, Pacific   

Subjects:  1. 1728-1779    2. Cook, James,    3. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. 1907-1964    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Carson, Rachel,    6. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    7. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    8. Environmentalists    9. Juvenile Science (General)    10. Juvenile literature    11. Marine biologists    12. Science writers    13. United States    14. Carson, Rachel   

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Insipid and sexist
I read this book to my seven-year-old because I wanted him to gain some appreciation for engineering and history while enjoying a good adventure story. This book could not have been more disappointing, or irritating. In unimaginative, stilted prose that lacks appeal even for the very young, this book manages to vitiate everything about the Panama Canal tale that is worth telling. Astonishingly, the author says nothing about the malaria and yellow fever and accidents that took a devastating toll (5,600) on a 70,000 man workforce. Instead we are treated to the happy spectacle of workers cheering and clapping for Goethals. The story also stresses Goethals regret at never having had a chance to fight in battle. A great message for seven years olds! (It left me musing that if he had joined his men in the trenches he could have at least "died for his country, or commercial shipping"). Read more

Subjects:  1. (George Washington),    2. 1858-1928    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    5. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    6. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Civil engineers    9. Goethals, George W    10. Goethals, George W.    11. Juvenile Applied Sciences    12. Juvenile literature    13. United States    14. Technology & Applied Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Artists    2. Biography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    6. Inventors    7. Juvenile Fine Arts    8. Juvenile literature    9. Science & Technology - Electricity & Electronics    10. Technology - Electricity & Electronics    11. United States    12. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese    13. The Arts   

Subjects:  1. Juvenile literature    2. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese   

Subjects:  1. Children: Babies & Toddlers    2. Color    3. Fiction   

Subjects:  1. California    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Evidence (Law)   

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Riddles    5. Stories in rhyme   

Subjects:  1. Ericsson, John    2. Juvenile fiction   

Subjects:  1. Farragut, David Glasgow    2. Juvenile fiction   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. History    3. Jamestown (Va.)    4. Jamestown, Virginia    5. Juvenile fiction   

Subjects:  1. American drama    2. Children's plays    3. Drama    4. One-act plays