Book Description
In this best-selling novel, now accessible to young readers, 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, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history.
A teacher’s manual is available for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.

About the Author
Patrick D. Smith was born in Mendenhall, Mississippi, and educated at the University of Mississippi. He moved to Florida in 1966 and served as director of college relations at the Brevard Community College in Cocoa until he retired in 1988. In 1995 he was selected by the Southern Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences for its highest literary award, The Order of the South. In 1999 he was inducted in the Florida Hall of Fame, the state’s highest cultural honor.