403pp
| First edition | |
|---|---|
| Author | Patrick D. Smith |
| Publication date | 1984 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 403pp |
How many pages is book A Land Remembered?
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781561641161 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Pineapple Press, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 09/01/1996 |
| Series: | A Land Remembered |
| Pages: | 416 |
Is A Land Remembered a movie?
There has been strong interest in making A Land Remembered into a movie since it was first published. Individuals and organizations have bought the annual “option” to make it into a movie almost continuously since it was published in 1984, but for many reasons, nobody has gotten it off the ground.
What is the theme of A Land Remembered?
The classic struggle of man versus nature is the prevalent theme of this book. Tobias is a farmer who leaves his used-up Georgia clay to move to the wilderness of Florida to start a new life.
What happens in A Land Remembered?
A Land Remembered is a bestselling novel by Patrick Smith that tells the story of three generations of the MacIvey family. They rise from a dirt-poor Florida Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons in those three generations. Patrick’s story covers the years from 1858 to 1968.
Is the book A Land Remembered a true story?
A Land Remembered is a best-selling novel written by author Patrick D. Smith, and published in 1984 by Pineapple Press. It is historical fiction set mostly in pioneer or “cracker” Florida. The story covers over a century of Florida history from 1858 to 1968.
What reading level is A Land Remembered?
A Land Remembered, Volume 1
| Interest Level | Reading Level | ATOS |
|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 – 8 | Grade 6 | 5.3 |
What happened to Tobias orange trees A Land Remembered?
Tobias tries to save the trees and later dies of pneumonia. When a group of Seminoles arrive to pay their respects, Zech learns that Tawanda died giving birth to his stillborn baby.
What is the conflict in A Land Remembered?
This is a story of each generation’s battle against hardships and greed to make their own lives and their choices that affect not only the next generation but the land from which they have grown their family.
Why did Skillit leave the MacIvey’s?
One day Skillit surprises Tobias by telling him that Skillit is leaving the MacIveys in order to start his own homestead and farm for his own family. Skillit is torn by leaving the MacIveys after twenty years but knows that he must establish a legacy to leave his own children.
Who is the protagonist in A Land Remembered?
Tobias: The first generation’s main character. He became rich from cattle herding and later an orange grove. He gets malaria from an attack of several hundred thousand ‘skeeters’, but is healed (temporarily) by Miami Billie, an Indian medicine man.
Who dies In A Land Remembered?
One day Emma collapses while gathering berries and dies soon after Tobias witnesses her fall. Tobias insists that Emma be buried at home so the MacIveys make the solemn trip back to their homestead. Tobias grieves for his wife for a year showing little or no interest even in his orange trees.
WHEN WAS A Land Remembered written?
1984
The 1984 novel about the pioneer family is used in fourth grade when students are learning about Florida history, Smith said. He described his dad as “a very efficient writer.”
Is the MacIvey family real?
Keep your fingers crossed. 2) Are the MacIveys real people? No, the book is not based on any one family but is a blend of the stories and histories of many pioneer families. Patrick Smith explains this in his award-winning DVD, A Sense of Place, available here.
