Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Shannon Hale Winner of honors from the

Winner of honors from the National Book Critics Circle

and diplomacy of the war

full of fascinating details and anecdotes

an infant bonobo

the chief of Pol Pot’s notorious S-21 prison where thousands of “enemies of the revolution” were tortured prior to their execution

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Shannon Hale Winner of honors from theReaders today are still fascinated by Nat, an eighteenth century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailors worldSalem in the early days, when tall masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didnt promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the