Jean Lee Latham

Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. 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. 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, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the “Sailors’ Bible”), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.

Newbery Award-winning author tells the story of the man whose inventive genius made cotton king in America and in the world. Eli Whitney transformed the textile industry with his invention of the cotton gin; and he revolutionized the manufacturing process around the world with his creation of standardized parts.

Every ship that's sailed for the glory of England has had a Warren on board and the Susan Constant will be no different. After a family tragedy, David Warren joins a new expedition headed to Virginia. But not everyone approves; the legendary Capt. John Smith thinks David is too young and scrawny to be of use in the new colony. David is determined to prove that he is strong enough—and he'll need to be as the New World isn't the adventure the colonists thought it would be. Instead of finding gold and a passage to the Pacific, they are faced with swamp fever, starvation, brutal winters, and enemies both inside and outside the fort walls. Perhaps John Smith's unrelenting leadership is exactly what Jamestown needs. An unabridged reprint of a historical fiction that should appeal to readers and educators looking for previously out-of-print, unabridged classics.

From the author of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, Jean Lee Latham writes an absorbing biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the man considered to be the father of modern oceanography.In the early 1800s, the voyage from New York to San Francisco took six months. That was before Maury, a lieutenant in the US Navy, blazed a trail for ships to follow. The first ship to follow Maury's directions based on his wind and current charts cut nearly two months off that time. Later, clipper ships cut that time in half.For seven years Maury had fought against skepticism and bitter opposition, for the cooperation needed to gather data for his charts. Years later, at a worldwide peacetime conference in Brussels, which he organized in 1853, nine-tenths of the world's ships were helping Maury collect data and blaze more trails.After the success of his charts, Maury blazed on with more new ideas: he campaigned for a Naval Academy, for better fortification of our southern ports, and separate shipping lanes for eastbound and westbound routes in the Atlantic to avoid deadly collisions.Jean Lee Latham gives a warm, lively picture of the man and a clear explanation of all his achievements. Victor Mays' drawings are both powerful and authentic. There is no discussion of slavery in this biography.

When Jean Lee Latham (winner of the Newbery Medal for CARRY ON, MR. BOWDITCH) wrote THIS DEAR-BOUGHT LAND, Library Journal said: "In her swiftly moving style, the author again makes history exciting and convincing. This is valuable supplementary reading as well as a rousing adventure story."The hero of RETREAT TO GLORY is one of the most vital figures in America's history—and a man of defiant courage, always ready to stand alone. Even as a youth in 1813, instead of waiting for an appointment as an officer in the state militia, Sam Houston joined the "regulars" of the U.S. Army. And in 1861, rather than deny his allegiance to the Union, he stepped down from the governor's chair in Texas. In the almost fifty years between, he was alternately praised and condemned.From his youth as a pioneer, Indian brave by adoption, and schoolteacher, through his military and political career, Jean Lee Latham creates a three-dimensional portrait of Sam Houston, in a book filled with action and adventure.

The childhood, military career, and political life of the man who fought for the statehood of Texas.

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While looking for his blue ball, Tabbit finds his yellow duck, red shoe, and other missing articles.

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A Comedy in One Act for two men and two women.

“Here is a story for us to tell together. I tell what happened, and you make the noises. All right?”With this invitation the authors begin the story of Calloway, a cuckoo who has trouble when he tries to keep time with the other clocks.Children will love the chance to jump into the storytelling—first as noisemaker, then as storyteller.Fun and participation in beginning reading.

As they approach each dwelling, the animals try to guess from a rhyme who lives there.

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