THE YANKEE STARGAZER: THE LIFE OF NATHANIEL BOWDITCH — Robert Elton Berry—Whittlesey ($2.50). Astronomer Nathaniel Bowditch had the greatest single influence on U.S. navigation and seamanship.

In 2002, Philbrick was named the Nathaniel Bowditch Maritime Scholar of the Year by the American Merchant Marine Museum. He is presently at work on a book about the Battle of Little Big Horn.