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Summary: If you have a gifted child, have them read this book
Review: I found this book when I was twelve, and it changed my perspective on being "gifted" considerably. Nathaniel Bowditch was beyond gifted, he was a genius of high proportion, but never considered himself better than anyone else simply because he was smarter. At the same time he used his gifts, even when those around him would think he was being a snob for doing so. He neither denied nor trumpeted his gifts, which is extraordinary.It's also a darn good tale of a really interesting guy, and how he changed the world of navigation.
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Summary: 13 year old's review
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK! Yeah parts of it were boring but I read it for the second time a few months ago, I loved it! I really recomend this book, especialy for people who like history or ships, and even if you don't. It was written like a novel so I really enjoyed it!
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Summary: Wonderful hartwarming book
Review: I read this book as a book report. I didn't mind reading it but I didn't really care. Soon I reallized I was reading this book on my free time and I couldn't put it down. When I ended this book I was in tears. I wanted a sequel very bad. I almost considered writing my own continual storys. I just wish Jean Lee Latham could continue this wonderful book. PLease contact them Amazon.com and tell him how I and probably many other people feel. Thank you and by all means buy this book.
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Summary: Dull Dull Dull
Review: I read this book in elementary school and could not bear to finish it. Perhaps I would appreciate it more now, but for elementary school it is a waste of time.
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Summary: Beautifull done...!
Review: I've always loved this book. It's like I discover the treasure again and again. My Dad always jokes around when he sees me reading it. He will say to me," Carry on, Mr. Bowditch!' It's sort of an inside joke between us. Nat's curiosity with the way the world works makes you curious, too. It was sad with the deaths, so many characters died, but it had a good ending and I was very happy! Read it!
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Summary: GREAT ADVENTURE
Review: If you like great adventure and historical fiction get this book now! It is about a boy named Nat Bowditch. He is a boy whose family is poor with many kids to feed. Nat is interested in learning and school. He grows up to be a very smart mathematician. Also he is very good at navigation. Nat becomes a captain and he has to sail to very treacherous destinations. Along with his crew they have to face fog, no wind, and bad, bad weather. I would not recommend this to people who don't like when people die in the story. This book is an absolute good book to buy. Something exciting or sad is happening on every page. I'm not into reading much but this book made me want to read it.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK
Review: It is an amazing book because I do not like reading books, but this book I wanted to read in my spare time and all the other books seemed boring. Nat Bowditch was a mathematician and a sailor. He went on many ships and lasted through many storms.
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Summary: . . . . I'm speechless
Review: It was too good to end. (To Jean Latham: Write a book #2of Carry on Mr. Bowditch please!) I will not give anything away . I encourage you and so would Nat Bowditch (oops) to buy this book
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Summary: "A Simple Matter of Mathematics"
Review: Jean Latham's 1955 Newbery award winner is an easy-to-read fictionalized biography of the early life and career of Nathanial Bowditch of Salem. Set in a proud Massachusetts sailing village and on the high seas, the story rolls along like a Yankee trader: now billowing ahead, now becalmed, now swamped yet often riding triumphant swells with exotic cargo. How a youth denied a Harvard education literally rewrote the book on 18th century navigation, thus making the ocean safer for all sailors. Since the storyline must obey the facts, the author operates under some literary constraint. The stout-hearted protagonist suffers repeated family losses, yet he clings to his ideal of an accurate book, which captains can trust and will save lives the world over. While indentured in a ship's chandlery, Nat cherishes his dreams of higher education, teaching himself mathematics, astronomy, navigation and three languages. Nat's genius for detail and swift mental calculations of figures make him a wonder in an age when most sailors relied on gut instincts (Lead, Log and Lookout,)for the common man clung to his inbred superstitions, rejecting fancy book learning from mere lubbers. It took a Yankee youth to identify the fatal errors in Moore's sacred charts. Young readers will appreciate Latham's extensive dialogue and the excellent b/w sketches by John Cosgrave. Read as Biography or Maritime History, this book breezes along like a trim Yankee clipper.
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Summary: Wonderful work
Review: One of my favorite books in school and reading it again as an adult made it even better
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