These memoirs describe not only the author's personal experiences but also the world of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties in which he grew up. This world has largely disappeared, and this book attempts to keep it from being forgotten. In addition to the places where the author has lived, he mentions The Black River, Tug Hill Plateau, Lake Ontario, Stokes Pond, Fort Drum, Crogan, Castorland, Herkimer, Lyon Mountain, Lake Champlain, Fort Schulyer, Utica, Syracuse, Keene, Mount Pocomoonshine, Richland and Sandy Creek. Many of these experiences will resonate with any person growing up in this area, while others are unique to the author.

This is a fresh and intimate collection of literary criticism inspired by the author's travels to the homes of sixteen of literature's great poets and authors. Following sometimes centuries later, in the footsteps of John Keats, Robert Burns, William Butler Yeats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, E.J. Pratt and many others, Art Seamans makes a spiritual pilgrimage back through literary tradition. The text is published by Breakwater Books, Ltd. but can be ordered through Limekiln Books.