{"product_id":"9780983636540","title":"Molly Waldo!: A Young Man's First Voyage to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland","description":"Imagine leaving home at the age of 16 to earn your living on the tempestuous North Atlantic. Aboard a 60-foot schooner with a six-man crew, you will sail for 12 days to reach the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. On those distant fishing grounds, you must brave the sea alone in a 15-foot dory to search for the prize . . . cod! No engine, no electricity, no cell phone, no GPS. To survive, you must rely solely on your shipmates and yourself. Many fishermen from your town never return home. Will you, like your grandfather, drown in a storm? Get lost in the fog? Be run down by a steamship? Be swept overboard? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is no imaginary life. This was the reality of many men and boys from New England seaports in the 1800s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMolly Waldo! was inspired by the story-telling art of J.O.J. Frost, who went to the Grand Banks in 1868, at the age of 16. When he was 70, he painted his memories on odd pieces of wood. The Frost paintings featured in this book are in The Marblehead Museum and Historical Society (along with logs, letters, and newspaper clippings that preserve the accounts of Marblehead fishermen). The adventures of those seamen are adapted in this tale of a young man’s first voyage to the Banks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Molly Waldo” was the joyful shout exchanged when vessels from Marblehead met on the fishing grounds. Townsmen rejoiced to see familiar faces, swap yarns, and share messages from home. Now readers can join the courageous, self-reliant men who were the bedrock of one New England town.\u003cp\u003eMolly Waldo! Table of Contents \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Pam Peterson, Director of the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMap of the Grand Banks and North Atlantic \u003cbr\u003eWho’s Who in Molly Waldo! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Signing On (August 1868) \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Gilt Rooster \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Readying the Fides \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Off for the Banks \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Ganging the Hooks \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Handlining with Old Orne \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Becoming a Blooded Banker \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: September Gale \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Day Nothing Would Bite \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Blizzard on the Banks \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: For Home with a Full Fare \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003eRecipe for “Joe Froggers” \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eList of Paintings by J.O.J. Frost \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Glide Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111284654320,"sku":"9780983636540","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983636540_p0.jpg?v=1763883608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983636540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}