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A Land Remembered
Posted on 11/14/20 at 6:34 am
Posted on 11/14/20 at 6:34 am
Just finished this book and really enjoyed it. I often see people asking for a book recommendation for those that liked Lonesome Dove. This would be a great one - just the Florida Cracker version.
I loved the characters and the family’s progression over three generations. Really great story.
I loved the characters and the family’s progression over three generations. Really great story.
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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.
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Posted on 11/14/20 at 9:20 am to Rocco Lampone
Is book based on a true story?
Posted on 11/14/20 at 9:53 am to windshieldman
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s book based on a true story?
No - it’s a historical fiction based on a fictional family - MacIvey. But the stories are based on a blend of people and events that make it seem like a true story. It throws in some really famous Florida family names - Lykes, Tuttle, Flagler.
Posted on 11/14/20 at 10:22 am to Rocco Lampone
Sounds like a good read, thank you
Posted on 12/16/20 at 8:21 pm to Rocco Lampone
I read this (audiobook, or else I would never find time to read besides work shite) in two days. It was incredible. This may be heresy, but I thought it was a hair better than Lonesome Dove, which I also loved.
The audiobook narrator is great too. I wonder what % of readers go back and reread the first chapter after finishing. I wasn't totally tuned in the first time around. Anyway, no spoilers. Thank you for the rec. I can't believe I'd missed this one.
The audiobook narrator is great too. I wonder what % of readers go back and reread the first chapter after finishing. I wasn't totally tuned in the first time around. Anyway, no spoilers. Thank you for the rec. I can't believe I'd missed this one.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 11:03 am to McLemore
Looks like I know where I'm spending my audible credit this month.
Thanks for the recommendation
Thanks for the recommendation
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:01 pm to Azazello
It has its flaws, and I acknowledge that Lonesome Dove was more Pulitzer worthy. But it kept me engaged. I would have added a full third volume dedicated to the last protagonist. No spoilers.
It really is basically Lonesome Dove Florida edition, except that it was published before LD.
It really is basically Lonesome Dove Florida edition, except that it was published before LD.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:35 am to McLemore
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really is basically Lonesome Dove Florida edition, except that it was published before LD.
I’d say more like the Florida version of The Son. But I’m only a couple of hours in.
Either way really like it and thankful for the rec.
Edit: The more I get into this book, the more I like it. I’d say it’s like LD in terms of “epicness”
This post was edited on 1/26/21 at 2:44 pm
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