| Management number | 240642864 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$2.60 | Model Number | 240642864 | ||
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<p><strong>Newbery Medal Winner</strong></p><p>Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard.</p><p>Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor's world--Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn't promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small.</p><p>Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by "log, lead, and lookout." Nat's long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, <em>The American Practical Navigator </em>(also known as the "Sailors' Bible"), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.</p>
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Kids & Family |
| Publication date | May, 2003 |
| Pages | 251 |
| Reading level | Grade 7 |
| Age range | 12 Years |
| Subgenre | Historical |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Bound to Stay Bound Books |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Awards won | Newbery Medal |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Nathaniel Bowditch |
| Illustrator | John O'Hara Cosgrave II |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 0.75 x 6.00 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.25 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Young Adult Fiction |
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