Tales About A Land Remembered & Other Books I've Written

Travel with one of Florida’s favorite writers, Patrick D. Smith, as he takes you on a nostalgic journey to a Florida that exists today only in books, such as in his beloved novel, A Land Remembered. Catch a rare glimpse into the mind of a writer who not only embraced Florida as his new “sense of place,” but in so doing he preserved in literature a Florida that once was, but which never again will be.

Get to know both the author and the state of Florida better as he introduces you to the Florida of his youth. Share in his adventures along the way to writing his books, many of which are now modern-day classics. Learn about the “Florida Cracker” heritage upon which A Land Remembered is based and how he uncovered the rich untold stories of Florida’s pioneer families that he so exquisitely weaved into the book that many feel is the "Florida Cracker's Bible."

Find out how working in a migrant camp led to his novel Angel City, which helped change laws that improved the lives of migrant workers. Gain an understanding of the Seminole Indians view of nature and how that led Patrick Smith to write his powerful yet somber accounts of conflict between the Seminole outlook and the modern world, Forever Island and Allapattah.