What people are saying about The Legend of Grey Ghost and Other Tales from the Maine Woods

 Joe Perham- noted Maine Humorists. Phi Beta Kappa, he holds degrees in English from Colby College and the University of Maine.

 “The traditions of hunting and storytelling require one another and they are important to a whole lot of people. When they are presented as Steven and Tom do with depth, with honesty, with good humor, and with a whole lot of soul, the reader gets what he’s looking for.”

“I am amazed at the accuracy of Tom’s memory. Apparently he is an observer by nature, standing to one side soaking up detail far beyond what the average person does. And he is artist enough to paint it right with more than a little romance.”

“…(Steven) has superb writing skills and a special sensitivity to the symbolisms and themes of this book. He has the touch of the poet and is master of the well crafted phrase.”

“(Tom’s) writing style is that of a builder, describing the camp in excruciating detail, the hunting with a mixture of compassion and much-deserved humor and irony. His “swamp” material is powerful stuff.”

“I understand now that the authors are not writing for all hunters, but for those to whom the kill is at best secondary. They are writing about connecting with nature and with people who have the same values and who love the same things they love. They are writing about their journey in time, their journey through some of earth’s most beautiful, most demanding, most healing lands. To them it’s a spiritual journey and they can scarce deny it.”

Charlene L. Randall –Published Poet, Bangor, Maine

 “I was entertained by this book. May even take up hunting!”

Billy Cushing – reader at large, Bethel, Maine

 “As you read this book so many thoughts go through your head – like the time I saw Grey Ghost or just the envy of the relationship of a father and son, or laughing so hard at reading of one chasing and whipping a bull moose through the woods.”

Alison Aloisio - Writer for The Bethel Citizen newspaper

                                              Bethel, Maine

Taken from a book review and article published July 17, 2003 Volume CVIII-Number 29.

"Tom describes Steven as the deeper thinker and writer of the two. Tom prefers to stick primarily to the lighter side........"

"But even Tom turns a little sentimental at times, such as when he recalls the death of his father."

"The legend of Grey Ghost, told to Tom at a young age by (his father), appears from time to time throughout the book, and helps tie it together......."

"......throughout the many hunting seasons, shooting Grey Ghost, or any other deer for that matter, remained secondary."

Thelma Remington - mother and grandmother to both writers

"I had no idea that's what went on in the woods"