cover image Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $6.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-618-25074-5

The 1956 Newbery Medal winner, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham, is a fictionalized biography of the great American navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, whose 1802 book, The American Practical Navigator, became known as the ""Sailor's Bible."" This edition features new jacket art and the original b&w interior illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.