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A Land Remembered is on my top ten list of all time greatest novels, which is interesting because I don't often read or enjoy historical fiction. This moving and epic novel tells the story of three generations of Florida settlers fighting to survive in old Florida. These settlers not only survive but prosper as well. However, with this prosperity comes a human and environmental price. Patrick Carlin |
"So many students and teachers have written to me telling me how they enjoyed A Land Remembered. I guess I didn't think about using it to teach about Florida when I wrote it, but I'm so pleased that is happening in schools all over the state. Mostly I'm just glad young people like to read the story!" Patrick D. Smith |
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Books, DVDs and CDs For People Who Love Florida - The Real Florida This is the book that is changing the way people think about Florida! Voted BEST FLORIDA BOOK again for the 10th year in a row and recipient of many awards, read the Guestbook to see what people have to say about ... Download A Land Remembered to your iPod, iPhone, Blackberry & over 500+ devices. Click here to go to Audible.com. Once there, click Browse Audiobooks, enter in A Land Remembered and you'll find it there. Price is $31.49 for the unabridged version.
Here is Patrick Smith explaining how he researched and wrote A Land Remembered.This is a short excerpt from his award-winning DVD, A Sense of Place (see below).
This award-winning DVD is a "Must See" for all Floridians!
NEW - Now available as an ebook on both Kindle and NOOK. The entire contents of Patrick Smith's Florida, A Sense of Place is ready for your reading pleasure. You get the entire contents of A Sense of Place in a convenient ebook. We named it Tales About A Land Remembered And Other Books I've Written to avoid confusion with the DVD. Just $4.99 each. A White Deer And Other Stories
Allapattah is also a novel of a Seminole in the Everglades. Here Patrick Smith tells the story of Toby Tiger, a young Indian in despair at having to live in the white man's world. "Allapattah" means crocodile—a creature which becomes Toby Tiger's obsession, and he must wrestle it to set himself free.
The River is Home  The Beginning This book was written in the 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights movement, and its publication in 1967 brought varied reactions. As a whole, the novel was favorably received, but not without its share of controversy. There were those who agreed that the novel was an accurate reflection of the times, and there were those who objected to the way certain levels of society - both black and white - were portrayed. It would have been impossible back then to write a novel about race relations in the South without taking shots from someone. Much has changed in the South and the nation since those turbulent times, particularly at this point in the United States' history. The Beginning Softbound - $16.95 -   Click to learn more about The Beginning.  The Last Ride“The Last Ride is a masterpiece, recording in depth the lives and the world of rodeo people little known, where the payoff to most is broken bones and 'gas money.' I predict this book will become a classic.” -Buddy Ebsen On November 11, 1995, at the age of 25, former bull riding champion “Pee Wee” Mercer suffered an accident while dismounting a bull at the Southeastern Circuit Final at Brighton, Florida which resulted in a broken neck and severed spinal cord, thus changing his life forever. The Last Ride is the dramatic story of his life both before and after the accident. The Last Ride - $18, Hardbound, 183 pages -  Click to learn more about The Last Ride.
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The story opens with a rich but despondent Solomon Macivey as he cruises along Biscayne Bay in his silver Rolls Royce, then jumps back in time to 1858, when his grandfather, Tobias MacIvey, arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife and infant son. 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 a swamp. They survive and prosper, but at a high cost. 
You can also read a LOT more about A Land Remembered. Click here.
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perfect companion to A Land Remembered, this award-winning DVD byPatrick Smith'sson, Rick, allows you to get to know this beloved author in an intimate and fascinating 54-minute visit. 
