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A Land Remembered

por Patrick D. Smith

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A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine.

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.

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A Florida cracker cowboy and spur maker gave me this book ten years ago, but I’ve only just gotten around to reading it. Knowing that this person and a number of other Florida crackers loved this book definitely colored my reading of it. I enjoyed the history of homesteading and raising cattle in Florida, but I didn’t feel like there was much depth to the characters themselves. I rather wish we didn’t have Sol’s story at all, though it did round out the history, I guess. He just wasn’t likable. It was clear that he was supposed to parallel development, which was a bit on the nose. In spite of that, I rate this four stars because it did make me wonder and it did conjure images of a Florida landscape no one today will ever know. ( )
  everywherereading | Jan 3, 2023 |
A good book. A fascinating look at Florida cracker pioneers. A time when hard-scrabble ways could eventually payoff, leaving your grandchildren rich.

Most of the book took place in the 1800's, which was fine by me. Rustling up wild cows, driving them downstate to market, planting (and losing) orange groves.

I could have done without the haughty environmentalism of people who "know better" because they've never been without. Or who think the past is always better and "more natural".

Not as endearing or emotional as The Yearling, perhaps because the majority was told from an adult point of view, rather than being a coming-of-age tale.

Still, a very worthwhile read. I will never forget Tobias and Emma, Zech and Glenda, Sol and Bonnie, or Skillet, Frog, Tawana, Toby, Tiger et al. Especially worthwhile if interested in early Florida history.

Note that the timeline speeds up as you go along, with not much of the story in the 20th Century. ( )
  Desiree_Reads | Sep 1, 2022 |
A Land Remembered provides an incredible Florida story, and I quickly read the more than 400 pages in the book. The book follows three generations of the MacIvey family as they grow from subsistence living to wealthy, influential landowners. The story begins before the American Civil War when Florida is mostly swampland and prairie. The Feds teach the fictional Tobias McIvey to herd cattle during the war, and he then uses his skills to travel across the state as the first settlers of Florida did. He and his family learn to cope with alligators, bears, wild hogs, and other wildlife. Additionally, the Florida weather, marked by extreme heat, a summer rainy season, and horrific hurricanes, provides severe challenges for Tobias, his wife Emma, and their son Zech.

Early in this historical novel, Tobias meets Kevin Tiger, a Seminole. Unlike other white men, Tobias was quick to offer the Seminole shelter, and his kindness led to a lifetime friendship that continued with his son Zech and grandson Sol. Throughout the story, Tobias and his family continue to appreciate valuable lessons from their Seminole friends. For example, the Seminoles provide dogs and horses, which make their travel more manageable. They also offer intangible advice about medicine and edible plants. Most importantly, the older MacIveys learn how to live in concert with the land instead of destroying it as other Florida settlers were known to do. Throughout the book, when faced with the selfishness and greed of other Florida developers, Smith brings his characters back to recognizing the Seminole precepts of respect for the land to thrive and survive.

Tobias also invites an escaped slave, Skillit, to travel with the family and provide much-needed labor. Through his characters, Smith conveys a beautiful message about the ability of people from many backgrounds to live in harmony and respect each person’s humanity. Tobias always insists on paying his workers and recognizing that he needs assistance to survive in the Florida landscape. Tobias’s son, Zech, eventually takes over the family business and continues acquiring cattle, land, and wealth. This author beautifully develops the characters of Zech and his wife, Glenda. The reader learns how they manage despite cattle rustlers, bushwhackers, and tycoons. This book's literary value is enhanced by including Zech’s inner conflicts, which depict his humanity and difficult life choices. I was particularly struck by the ruminations about how animals share resources and humans fight over them. There is a statement about how even the hated wolf kills only for food.

Only with Sol MacIvey, the third generation to manage the business, some deception enters into business practices. Smith does a great job of showing how more recent Florida settlers have had less reverence for the land and its original design. The changes play out in the family relations with the Seminoles and practices, such as fencing animals and attempting to exercise more control over nature. This book is an engaging story depicting Florida and its people from 1863 to 1968. I highly recommend it.
https://quipsandquotes.net/2022/07/23/a-land-remembered-by-patrick-smith/ ( )
  LindaLoretz | Jul 23, 2022 |
I haven't read a book this good in a long time. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the author has two other books nominated for a Pulitzer Prize as well. He has also been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

It was recommended to me by my mother. We don't usually share the same taste in books. She borrowed it from a family member, told me how good it was and that I HAD to read it and loaned it to me.

I wish I still had the book because I read it back in March and I've kind of lost some of my thoughts about it by now. So late in getting this review up. I haven't even read a book since I finished this one as I've been catching up on my magazine, blog, and web reading.

First of all, it grabbed me from the beginning. I can't even explain it. A fiction historical novel that had so much intricate detail yet keeps the storyline moving is hard to find. Sometimes they get bogged down in the details and forget to keep the plot going. Not this one. It is one of those books that the entire time you are reading it you can just picture the entire story happening in your mind like a movie. I didn't want it to end. It could have gone into more detail and just been an epic 12" thick book and it wouldn't have been enough for me.

The book starts in the 1960s in Miami and then goes back in time to early Florida pre-Civil War before statehood. I learned things I didn't even know. I would have liked more perspective about the lives of not just the pioneer men in the three generations of this family but the women too. He did tell her story a bit but I just wanted more.

One of the most fascinating things about the book was the perspective the author gave on people experiencing historical weather systems when they didn't know what was going on. We know when cold weather and hurricanes are coming now but to read about it from the perspective of people who didn't know it was coming nor what was even happening was quite interesting. I know that kind of sounds boring but the author makes it fascinating. I promise. Also, it was interesting to read about the pioneer perspective of how farming of oranges got started.

I could totally see this as a mini-series in the 80s. Like North and South style mini-series. But then that makes it seem like the book is cheezeball and it isn't. I really like this cover, don't you? It is amazing in its 80s glory.

The author died in 2014 but his son carries on his website where you can buy all of the books as many are out of print. I'm going to try and get a few from the inter-library loan at my local library. Hopefully, the other books are as good as this one.

The book is also taught in Florida schools and his son travels around doing a "show" based on this book to educate about Florida history. ( )
  WellReadSoutherner | Apr 6, 2022 |
I was expecting something more authentic. For pioneer Florida there is no one better than Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. ( )
  Chipa | Apr 2, 2021 |
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:

A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine.

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.

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