Florida Cracker Cowboys, Dangers on the trail, A land Remembered continues,.. 

Tobias MacIvey must drive his cattle into the wilderness and make it safely across Florida. There are many dangers that await him. The MacIvey’s fight with bears, mosquitoes, confederate deserters, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes. This is the best book I have ever read about early Florida. It is the kind of book that you will read every word because you do not want to miss a thing. Patrick D. Smith paints a story with his words that captures the true life of 3 generations of a pioneer family in the wilds of Florida
The book "A Land Remembered" by Patrick D. Smith has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book ten times.