Hidden World Revealed is a collection of short works by Tom Seymour previously published in his blog "Wild Plants and Wooly Bears." In Hidden World Revealed Seymour discusses his interaction with animal neighbors and explores plants and seasonal changes. Each piece reflects Maine rural life. The narratives of his walks in the woods are instructive about the natural environment and revealing of a human who walks lightly on the earth. A humble man with a fine mind invites us to know our Maine woodlands and rural neighbors. A great book to read every day of the year.
About the Author
An avid writer as well as a naturalist, Seymour writes six regular columns and a multitude of features for The Maine Sportsman Magazine. Seymour's other credits include articles in Fur-Fish-Game, Maine Fish and Wildlife, Backpacker Magazine, Northern Woodlands and People,Places, Plants, among others. Seymour wrote a long-running, award-winning column "Waldo County Outdoors" for the Republican Journal, as well as a garden column for Courier Publications. Seymour just began a regular wild plant column in Maine Food & Lifestyle Magazine, a new publication. Seymour leads nature walks in coastal Maine—teaching people plant recognition, identification of edible wild plants and appreciation of our natural environment. His previous books are: Hiking Maine, Fishing Maine, Foraging New England and Birding Maine—for Globe Pequot Press (GPP). Also for GPP Seymour edits Maine Off the Beaten Path. Seymour's Maine Wildlife was published by The Maine Sportsman Magazine. His "Maine Wildlife" is a popular column in that magazine. Tom's book Tom Seymour's Maine, A Maine Anthology, details Maine history and folklore.
Reviews
This is a funny, perceptive and sensitive observation of nature written by a man who truly loves animals, plants, insects, weather and human nature.
—Bill Bushnell, Morning Sentinel
Just about any amateur naturalist who pays attention to the birds, beasts, flowers and seasons in campestral Maine will find an eye-opener or two here. Earthworms are not native to the Northeast, we learn. The live-forever flower is also called orpine, and you can eat the leaves. There are lists of things to do with fiddleheads, fun things to do while clamming (along with some good-natured griping about closed flats), and many thoughts on cold weather, which is on everybody's natural mind here for longer than we care to remember during summer.
—Dana Wilde, Bangor Daily News
About the Author
An avid writer as well as a naturalist, Seymour writes six regular columns and a multitude of features for The Maine Sportsman Magazine. Seymour's other credits include articles in Fur-Fish-Game, Maine Fish and Wildlife, Backpacker Magazine, Northern Woodlands and People,Places, Plants, among others. Seymour wrote a long-running, award-winning column "Waldo County Outdoors" for the Republican Journal, as well as a garden column for Courier Publications. Seymour just began a regular wild plant column in Maine Food & Lifestyle Magazine, a new publication. Seymour leads nature walks in coastal Maine—teaching people plant recognition, identification of edible wild plants and appreciation of our natural environment. His previous books are: Hiking Maine, Fishing Maine, Foraging New England and Birding Maine—for Globe Pequot Press (GPP). Also for GPP Seymour edits Maine Off the Beaten Path. Seymour's Maine Wildlife was published by The Maine Sportsman Magazine. His "Maine Wildlife" is a popular column in that magazine. Tom's book Tom Seymour's Maine, A Maine Anthology, details Maine history and folklore.
Reviews
This is a funny, perceptive and sensitive observation of nature written by a man who truly loves animals, plants, insects, weather and human nature.
—Bill Bushnell, Morning Sentinel
Just about any amateur naturalist who pays attention to the birds, beasts, flowers and seasons in campestral Maine will find an eye-opener or two here. Earthworms are not native to the Northeast, we learn. The live-forever flower is also called orpine, and you can eat the leaves. There are lists of things to do with fiddleheads, fun things to do while clamming (along with some good-natured griping about closed flats), and many thoughts on cold weather, which is on everybody's natural mind here for longer than we care to remember during summer.
—Dana Wilde, Bangor Daily News
