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Re: Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2003 Jan 15, 11:54 -0800
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2003 Jan 15, 11:54 -0800
I'm 52 and I thought it was a great book to read to myself. On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:48:57 -0800 Dan Allenwrote: > On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 10:51 AM, > David Weilacher wrote: > > > I just finished reading this fictionalized > biography about Nathaniel > > Bowditch. > > Although it is not a definitive biography, this > is a great book for > reading to kids. I read it with my daughter > when she was 8 or 9 and > she still talks about it (she is 13 now). It > won a Newbery Medal. > > It was written in 1955 by Jean Lee Latham. > Dave Weilacher .US Coast Guard licensed captain . #889968 .ASA Instructor Evaluator & Celestial . Nav. Instructor #990800 .IBM AS400 RPG contract programmer