Folk art and archival voices carry readers on a historical sea voyage with the self-reliant fishermen who lived and died in search of cod. Sign-on to the fishing schooner Fides with Jon Bowen-age sixteen. Learn to fish with Old Orne who survived the Great Gale. Climb up the mast with daredevil Bart who fears nothing. Stand accused of stealing from a dead man before Captain Perry. For adults, young and old, Molly Waldo! is a visual and verbal portrayal of a harsh reality that was early New England life - a reality lived with courage, trust and honor.