The Novels of Patrick D. Smith

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ―William Styron”

We love that quote, and it’s doubly true about Patrick D. Smith’s books.

Seriously, every one of Patrick D. Smith’s books is a gem. He’s best known for A Land Remembered but the subject matter of his novels is surprisingly diverse.  Below is a short synopsis of each book. Just click “Read more …”  and you’ll be taken to a page with a more in-depth description.

A Land Remembered
A rich and rugged Florida history featuring a memorable cast of crusty, indomitable characters battling wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of a swamp. But at what cost? Read more …

Forever Island
The aged Seminole Charlie Jumper and his wife Lily have lived in the Everglades their entire lives, but when white developers have destructive plans for the land, Charlie finds himself in a desperate fight to save the home he’s always known. Read more …

The Seas That Mourn
In 1942, 17-year-old Jimmy Kendall leaves his small Mississippi town to join the Merchant Marine. He soon discovers that supplying the troops in unprotected waters exposes him to some of the fiercest battles in WWII. Includes very exciting battle scenes. Read more …

Allapattah
Seminole Toby Tiger hates living in the white man’s world. When he can no longer take the heartless hunters, snooty tourists, and controlling officials, he does the only thing he knows how to reconnect with the land, with his beloved grandfather, and with Allapattah. But is it worth losing his life? Read more …

The River is Home
Patrick Smith’s first novel was written in 10 days in 1953. The Pearl River is not only home to the poor Cory family, it also is the source of life, happiness, heartbreak, and death as they struggle to adapt to the changes in their rural environment Read more …

The Beginning
Civil rights workers head to the small, sleepy, fictitious Mississippi town of Midvale in the 1960s. As theytry to establish a “freedom school” the old ways collide with a changing South where issues of relations between races are not simply black and white but incredibly complex. Read more …

Angel City
Jared Teeter and his family make their way to Florida with dreams of a better life. What they find instead is a nightmare in a migrant labor camp, where they become the indentured servants of a soulless crew chief. Trapped, Jared must stay alert – and alive – to rescue his family and the prisoners around him. A 1980 CBS movie. Read more …

The Last Ride
Championship bull rider Pee Wee Mercer is at the top of his career and having the time of his life as one of the best on the American rodeo circuit. Then one fateful match-up with a bull named V8 renders him a quadriplegic. A true story. Read more …

A White Deer and other stories
A determined young man’s hunt for a mythical creature, a crazy spinster with a dangerous secret, atormented sailor facing his past, a precocious cat’s disastrous choice; these are just some of the tales you’ll discover in this charming collection of Smith’s short stories. Read more …

In Search of The Russian Bear
In 1983 Patrick Smith and his wife Iris traveled throughout the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan. Smith relates these experiences through fascinating stories and images in the fun, factual chronicle. Come along on this fascinating and fun journey. Read more …

Patrick Smith’s Florida, A Sense of Place DVD
In this multiple award-winning video you get to know Patrick Smith in an intimate and fascinating 54-minute visit. He personally takes you back to a Florida that once was, but never again will be. Produced by Smith’s son Rick (Patrick, Jr.) Read more …

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