A Land Remembered Goes To School

A Land Remembered Goes To School

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.
Patrick Smith's novel is now available for young readers. 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.
Country USA
Brand Pineapple Press
Manufacturer Pineapple Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 2001-03-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781561642281

Country	USA
Brand	Pineapple Press
Manufacturer	Pineapple Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	2001-03-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781561642281

A Land Remembered Goes To School

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