Books
The River Is Home – How This Young Mississippi Writer Got Started
Young Mississippi Writer My dad started his writing career in Mississippi. Many people don’t know that. They also don’t realize that he wrote several books throughout his life. When I am on my speaking tour we always set up a display of all 10 of my father’s books. Every single time I hear people saying, […]
This Florida Everglades Novel Became An International Success
What to read next … People who have read and loved A Land Remembered often ask me what they should read next. I always recommend Forever Island. This is a beautiful, yet heartbreaking tale of the Seminole Indians set in the Florida Everglades and is another of Dad’s wonderful books. This book was written years before […]
A Pioneer Florida Christmas Lives on in A Land Remembered
While life in pioneer Florida so perfectly depicted in A Land Remembered was harsh and cruel, there was also fun and celebration…and romance, of course. My father wrote of one of those special times, this one set at Christmas. It’s one of my favorite scenes in the book and one I like to share with my audience […]
The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi Explored In The Book “The Beginning”
The Beginning – $17.95 – When I’m on my speaking tour, “Patrick Smith’s Florida Is A Land Remembered,” people often ask what it was like growing up with a famous author. The fact is, I didn’t. Dad wrote his biggest hit novels after I left home. The only one I vaguely remember him writing is the subject […]
The Last Ride
Introducing The Last Ride … a real bull ride of a book. Get it today for $3.00 off. When I unearthed “the lost books” of my father, Patrick D. Smith, I was able to make 3 more titles widely available for the first time. They are The Seas That Mourn, In Search of The Russian Bear and The Last […]