Customer Reviews

A Land Remembered, Vol. 1 (Student Edition)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I teach 4th grade in a public Florida elementary school. We read this book in the spring as a class. The students are enthralled by it. Since we have already studied this time period in Social Studies, they can easily make connections because the book includes actual events from Florida's history.

I personally found the first book to be much more intersting than the second. Although both were good, the second covers a longer time period and thus must do so with less detail.

It's easy to see why almost every reviewer gave this book 5 stars. The story follows the MacIvey family from 1863 through three generations to the present. As they scratch out a hardscrabble living, the reader follows their experiences during the Civil War, and through Florida's pioneer days.
Immerse yourself in their struggle to build a home, drive cattle to market, start orchards, deal with rustlers, wild animals, life and death in Central Florida.
You learn so much about Florida's early landscape and the damage done by settlement, as well as the effect on the Native Americans. Some of the homespun life reminds me of Rawling's classic, The Yearling. I highly recommend it, not just for Floridians, but for everyone to know more about their country's development in this unique region. The story is compelling.

This is truley one of the best books I have ever read. I am currently reading it to my 4th grade class and they love it! Anyone that has visited or lived in Florida can appreciate the hardships and tribulations that the MacIvay family has had to live through. I would strongly recommend taking the time to read this remarkable story!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I could not put it down. This book should be required reading in all Florida schools.

This is great reading if you were raised in Florida or want to know what Fl was like before all the development! Easy reading but not for the faint of heart!

This is such a great book that I have used as a read aloud with my children. It is a book that I have loaned out to other friends to read and each time it comes back, everyone says "we can't put it down." I originally borrowed it and had to then purchase it for myself because I wanted it in my own personal library.
It follows a family who lives in Florida and tells their life story. It give great snippets of history all woven through a family's experiences and challenges.
It makes A Land Remembered - Volume 2 a must read because you 'have to' get to the end of the story to find out what happens!

My son requested this book and he was so excited when it quickly arrived. We were pleased. Thanks

This is a great book for people that would like to learn about the history of Florida and someone that's likes books that contains mixed emotions. When you read this book you will feel happy, sad, informed, surprised, and much much more. My favorite part of this book is when the main character Tobias MacIvey's son Zech MacIvey goes to and Indian village to give the Indians a very generous gift and Zech ends up sleeping or laying down with one of the young Indian girls. I also like the part when Tobias MacIvey saves a group of the same Indians form being whipped to death by some mean, selfish, and ruthless cowboys. As I have said before this a great book and I really would recommend anyone who is likes books about life in the old days and cowboys to read this book and you will see what a great book it is. Once reading it I know you will love it and don't worry there is a whole other book that continues the life of Florida called "A Land Remembered Vol.2"

I read the original version when I was in middle school and was delighted to rediscover this book, unfortunately this students volume has been edited, the beginning is cut out and the curse words have been edited out. The original book was very good and is the only one from my youth I want to re-read, but it won't be this student edition.