Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water's Edge

Insight into a Hidden World   Seaweed is one of the most ancient forms of plant life, and while it has always played a vital part in nature’s ecosystem, it is only now emerging as an increasingly important source of food in a world faced with surging population growth and diminishing natural resources.   In The Seaweed Chronicles, acclaimed nature writer Susan Shetterly opens a window into the world of this fascinating plant by providing an elegant and often poetic look at life on the rugged shore of the Gulf of Maine, focusing not only on the plant life underwater, but also on the men and women who farm and harvest seaweed, and on the increasingly difficult task of protecting this critical natural resource against forces both natural and man-made.   Ideal for readers of such books as The Hidden Life of Trees and How to Read Water,The Seaweed Chronicles is an elegiac and beautiful tribute to a little known part of our country and a little-understood but vital part of our natural habitat.     Susan Shetterly is the author of the essay collections Settled in the Wild and The New Year’s Owl, as well as several children’s books including Shelterwood, named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the Children’s Book Council. She lives in Maine.