Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
ISBN:
9780606287791 (0606287795)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Academic,
School,
Read For School,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
American History
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...
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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