Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

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Summary: Very good book, with a very good purpose
Review: This book has all of the good things you want in a book. It has lots of drama and is one best books I've ever read

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Summary: Excellent for children or adults!
Review: This book is an insirational story of a man who met the difficult challenges of life with grace and poise. From a young boy with little education to a self taught world travler who influenced his geneartion and beyond, it is an exciting and fulfilling adventure. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Review: This book is ideal for young children. It is so inspiring and moving after finish reading the book. I have visited Berkeley several times and found that there is a street call Bowditch. I am not exactly sure whether this street is named for the hero of this book. Anyway, I asked a lot of people and Cal Berkeley's students (including Ph.Ds) about this Bowditch street. Surprise, nobody seems to know who or what Bowditch is. What a shame you could find in Berkeley. I have been in Harvard once and kind of wonder whether Cambridge has Bowditch street. After all, Harvard awarded Mr. Bowditch an honorary degree.

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Summary: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Review: This book takes place in the 1780s and is about a boy named Nat Bowditch. Nat is great at figures and he has great perseverance. Nat has just been taken out of school to help his dad make barrels for ships. But he wasn't good at it at all. So his dad got him indentured for 9 years at Ropes and Hodges. Afterwards he went on a ship and found out a new way to work lunars. After his first ship ride he went on several others and found over 2,000 mistakes in a book written by scientist. But don't get to atached to the characters.

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Summary: This was a GREAT book.
Review: This book was great. It was exciting to read about Nathaniel Bowditch's life and his many adventures at sea and apprenticeship. His character was very well written and this book was excellent.

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Summary: Spellbound boys
Review: This book was so well written! My boys ages 6 and 9 loved this book and so did their Dad. They read well past bedtime every night and talked about "Nat" during the day. When we finished the book my boys were interested in stars and navigation and had a keen interest in sailing ships. They even looked up Nathanial Bowditch on the interent and found the details fascinating. "Wow, it's a piece of living history," my 9 year old said of the story.

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Summary: Spellbound boys
Review: This book was so well written! My boys ages 6 and 9 loved this book and so did their Dad. They read well past bedtime every night and talked about "Nat" during the day. When we finished the book my boys were interested in stars and navigation and had a keen interest in sailing ships. They even looked up Nathanial Bowditch on the interent and found the details fascinating. "Wow, it's a piece of living history," my 9 year old said of the story.

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Summary: Spellbound boys
Review: This book was so well written! My boys ages 6 and 9 loved this book and so did their Dad. They read well past bedtime every night and talked about "Nat" during the day. When we finished the book my boys were interested in stars and navigation and had a keen interest in sailing ships. They even looked up Nathanial Bowditch on the interent and found the details fascinating. "Wow, it's a piece of living history," my 9 year old said of the story.

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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is a great book, if you can get throught the first chapter. I had to read this book over the summer for school and I thought it woul be a real boring experience, but it turned out, I really liked it. It is a story about Nathaniel Bowditch, he grows up during the Revolutionary War and loves to learn. He becomes an indentured slave because his father can not support him and his sibilings. This does not stop him. He becomes a ship captain and you go through most of his life hardships and all.

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Summary: Homeschool family in Mississippi
Review: This is an amazing book that brings math into real life situations. If you child ever says "Why do I need to learn math?" you MUST read this book to them! Nat is also a fine exaple of one who treats others with equality, is a life long learner, and a ready teacher. Excellent!