Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (1902-1995), is the biography of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773 -1838), the sailor and mathematician who created The American Practical Navigator, which is still considered the essential navigational guide for sailors. Jean Lee Latham received the Newbery Medal for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch in 1956. Latham is the author of hundreds of plays, television episodes and children’s books under a variety of pseudonyms. She is best known for her fictionalized biographies written for children and young adults.

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