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Title
A Land Remembered
Subject
Fiction-Adult, Fiction-Historical
Description
In 1858 Tobias MacIvey abandoned his Georgia farm, loaded his meager possessions and his wife and infant son in a wagon, and headed south into the Florida wilderness to search for a new life. What follows in A LAND TO REMEMBER is a big, rough-tough, folksy Florida saga — three generations of the MacIvey family (1858-1968) from a dirt-poor cattle-droving cracker (cattle rancher who cracks a whip) to a Miami real estate tycoon.
But it is also an epic portrayal of the American pioneer will to survive against all odds. And finally it is the story of the land, how at first bare survival is scratched from it and then how it is 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 and 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 passion of each new generation, friendships with the persecuted blacks and Indians, respected for the land and its wildlife.
But it is also an epic portrayal of the American pioneer will to survive against all odds. And finally it is the story of the land, how at first bare survival is scratched from it and then how it is 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 and 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 passion of each new generation, friendships with the persecuted blacks and Indians, respected for the land and its wildlife.
Creator
Patrick D. Smith
Publisher
Pineapple Press, Inc.
Date
1984
Contributor
MH
Rights
The creators of the Authors of the Sunshine State do not claim rights to any of the digital objects shared. All copyrights belong to the original owner of the rights.
Format
image/jpg
Language
Alpha-3 Code (ISO 639) [English]
Type
Historical, Fiction
Identifier
P_Smith_ALandRemembered_MH_2W.jpg