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The Phony Hermit
Al Seely’s story in his own words.
Seely was a literate Twentieth Century man who dropped out of society to live as a hermit in the Ten Thousand Islands without the least preparation for it. This led to a series of adventures and misadventures in the wilderness that tickles your funny bone and keep you on edge. Luckily for us, he wrote about his experiences in the islands in the watery world surrounded by the elements. His family expected him to stay a week and he stayed for fifteen years.
Why? How? Where?
How can someone, totally out of his element, survive for fifteen years to become a well-known hermit? Seely answers the why and how and where in his book and tells it like it is. When you read this book you will discover why Al Seely considered himself to be a phony hermit and not a true hermit. The book is fresh, funny, often poetical, and makes you cringe because it is so brutally honest.
Will readers enjoy it?
Seely’s narrative is so compelling that you will want to read it straight through.
Photographs of many of the scenes and details that he talks about have been added which help complete your total experience. There are rare photos of his homes on the three Brush, Panther and Dismal Key.
There photos of Seely’s hermity friends, Foster Atkinson, Joe Dickman, and Nelson Barlow, and anecdotes from the people in his life.
Al Seely’s Art
A small but impressive collection of Al’s artwork has been brought together and published for the first time in full and living color.
The Phony Hermit”
by Al Seely
published December 21, 2010
True Story
Al Seely was a literate Twentieth Century man who dropped out of society to live as a hermit in the Ten Thousand Islands without the least preparation for it. This led to a series of adventures and misadventures in the wilderness that tickles your funny bone and keep you on edge. Luckily for us, he wrote about his experiences in the islands in the watery world surrounded by the elements. Nineteen years after his death, the manuscript came into my hands and I felt that I had to publish it because it is a story that needs to be told
How?
How can someone, totally out of his element, survive for ten years to become a well-known hermit? Seely answers the why and how in his book and tells it like it is. When you read this book you will discover why Al Seely considered himself to be a phony hermit and not a true hermit. The book is fresh, funny, often poetical, and makes you cringe because it is so brutally honest.
Why will readers enjoy it?
Seely’s narrative is so compelling that you will want to read it straight through. Pictures of many of the scenes and details that he talks about have been added which help complete your total experience. There are rare photos of his homes on the three Brush, Panther and Dismal Key; photos of his hermity friends, Foster Atkinson, Joe Dickman, and Nelson Barlow, and anecdotes from the people in his life. A small but impressive collection of Al’s artwork has been brought together and published for the first time in full and living color.
Seely was a literate Twentieth Century man who dropped out of society to live as a hermit in the Ten Thousand Islands without the least preparation for it. This led to a series of adventures and misadventures in the wilderness that tickles your funny bone and keep you on edge. Luckily for us, he wrote about his experiences in the islands in the watery world surrounded by the elements. His family expected him to stay a week and he stayed for fifteen years.
Why? How? Where?
How can someone, totally out of his element, survive for fifteen years to become a well-known hermit? Seely answers the why and how and where in his book and tells it like it is. When you read this book you will discover why Al Seely considered himself to be a phony hermit and not a true hermit. The book is fresh, funny, often poetical, and makes you cringe because it is so brutally honest.
Will readers enjoy it?
Seely’s narrative is so compelling that you will want to read it straight through.
Photographs of many of the scenes and details that he talks about have been added which help complete your total experience. There are rare photos of his homes on the three Brush, Panther and Dismal Key.
There photos of Seely’s hermity friends, Foster Atkinson, Joe Dickman, and Nelson Barlow, and anecdotes from the people in his life.
Al Seely’s Art
A small but impressive collection of Al’s artwork has been brought together and published for the first time in full and living color.
The Phony Hermit”
by Al Seely
published December 21, 2010
True Story
Al Seely was a literate Twentieth Century man who dropped out of society to live as a hermit in the Ten Thousand Islands without the least preparation for it. This led to a series of adventures and misadventures in the wilderness that tickles your funny bone and keep you on edge. Luckily for us, he wrote about his experiences in the islands in the watery world surrounded by the elements. Nineteen years after his death, the manuscript came into my hands and I felt that I had to publish it because it is a story that needs to be told
How?
How can someone, totally out of his element, survive for ten years to become a well-known hermit? Seely answers the why and how in his book and tells it like it is. When you read this book you will discover why Al Seely considered himself to be a phony hermit and not a true hermit. The book is fresh, funny, often poetical, and makes you cringe because it is so brutally honest.
Why will readers enjoy it?
Seely’s narrative is so compelling that you will want to read it straight through. Pictures of many of the scenes and details that he talks about have been added which help complete your total experience. There are rare photos of his homes on the three Brush, Panther and Dismal Key; photos of his hermity friends, Foster Atkinson, Joe Dickman, and Nelson Barlow, and anecdotes from the people in his life. A small but impressive collection of Al’s artwork has been brought together and published for the first time in full and living color.
253 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 12, 2013
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February 10, 2025
Incredible Story
Mr. Seely’s account of his time in Ten Thousand Islands made for a fascinating read. His eloquent and often amusing telling of such a simple life was surprisingly entertaining. Being a native South Floridian, this book was especially enjoyable to me.
Mr. Seely’s account of his time in Ten Thousand Islands made for a fascinating read. His eloquent and often amusing telling of such a simple life was surprisingly entertaining. Being a native South Floridian, this book was especially enjoyable to me.
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