Title: A Land Remembered Pdf
Author: Patrick D. Smith
Published Date: 1996-09-01
Page: 403
A native of Mendenhall, Mississippi, Patrick D. Smith earned both a B.A. and a master's degree in English from the University of Mississippi. He moved to Florida in 1966 and began writing the novels about Florida that would make bring him lifelong recognition: The River Is Home, The Beginning, Forever Island, Angel City, Allapattah, and A Land Remembered. Smith was nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize: in 1973 for Forever Island; in 1978 for Angel City, which was produced as a movie of the week for CBS TV; and in 1984 for A Land Remembered, which was an Editors' Choice selection of the New York Times Book Review. In the annual statewide Best of Florida poll conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine, A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times. In 1985 Smith's lifetime work was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1999 he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, which is the highest cultural honor bestowed by the state of Florida. In May 2002 Smith was the recipient of the Florida Historical Society's Fay Schweim Award as the “Greatest Living Floridian.” The one-time-only award was established to honor the one individual who has contributed the most to Florida in recent history. Additionally, Smith earned the 2012 Florida Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing presented by the Florida Humanities Council. The judges felt that “Patrick Smith's books have been hugely significant to the citizens of Florida . . . [and] that A Land Remembered is an iconic Florida book that has resonated with generations of Floridians in helping people understand the history of this remarkable state.”
In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife and infant son, and ends two generations later in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. The sweeping story that emerges is a rich, rugged Florida history featuring a memorable cast of crusty, indomitable Crackers battling wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the swamp. But their most formidable adversary turns out to be greed, including finally their own. Love and tenderness are here too: the hopes and passions of each new generation, friendships with the persecuted blacks and Indians, and respect for the land and its wildlife.
A Land Remembered was winner of the Florida Historical Society's Tebeau Prize as the Most Outstanding Florida Historical Novel. Now in its 14th hardcover printing, it has been in print since 1984 and is also available in trade paperback.
A middle school, at best, book This is a kid’s book, which is not clear until you begin to read it. As a relatively new Florida transplant, I have read many books regarding the evolution (devolution?) of this crazy state and hoped this book would continue my education in this realm. I finally had to put it down when I realized the entire book is written in a trite, corny, simplistic manner. In short, it may be appropriate for a middle school student but is unbearably juvenile for adults. Much better are Last Train to Paradise, The Swamp, Tales of Old Florida. I am baffled by the awards, accolades and reviews of this book.Captivating! I’ve lived on the coast of Florida for nearly 25 years. I also have a college degree in forestry from Auburn. As a lifetime outdoorsman, this tale of the development of Florida from wilderness to urban was an engaging read. It is a great reminder of the internal battles we all face of greed, anger and selfishness. But there are positive lessons too of hard work, family devotion and racial harmony. Although I don’t agree with every spiritual and moral lesson in the book, I recommend it to anyone wanting to feel caught up in a story that feels authentic while also learning some history of our state from the mid-1800’s to the mid-1900’s.I've been wanting to learn more about the history of Florida and Smith's book was a good way to get a better understanding of wh I just got through reading A Land Remembered after having seen it in book stores over and over. I was always curious as to what it was about. Not being a native Floridian (grew up in California), I've been wanting to learn more about the history of Florida and Smith's book was a good way to get a better understanding of what life was like in Florida during and after the Civil War. What I found particularly interesting is the fact that it follows three generations of one family.As Smith's book is historical fiction, this family by name did not exist but it's a reflection of the families who did come South out of Georgia to build a future for themselves with grime and grit.It describes a time that is largely unknown to use today. The hard and grueling work of Tobias to carve out a place in the Floridian wilderness to establish his place. The bold and brave attitude that people had to have in order to build out in Florida. This is something that many people take for granted today and something that most of us will and have never known.I would highly recommend this book to anyway, especially people who live in Florida. It's a good way to get a better understanding of the place you live in.
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