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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Community Reviews back

by Jean Lee Latham
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Shelly's Book Journal
Shelly's Book Journal rated it 13 years ago
This is in part the real story of Nathanial Bowditch, a poor New England boy living in post Revolutionary Salem, MA. He is quite intelligent, but instead of getting to go to school, he is indentured out to a chandelry. During his indentured period, he learns many things through self study includin...
debnance
debnance rated it 17 years ago
Nat has every reason to expect that he will be able to attend college and go on to a happy professional life. Then everything is taken away from him. His father has a tragedy at sea and is forced to leave his life as a captain and become a menial worker. His mother dies and his father takes his sorr...
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