New town square theme: Read "A Land Remembered"
Treat yourself and read the book, "A Land Remembered" by Patrick Smith. Then you'll see why the new town square is an old Florida cattle town theme. This is part of a history prof's review of the book, on Amazon.com:
"Patrick Smith compellingly recreates an aspect of Florida history that predates Disney, NASCAR racing, tourism and "God's waiting room." He takes the reader on a three-generation journey through Florida history from the Civil War to the 1960s. Told through the experiences of the MacIvey family, it recounts the family's rise from hardscrabble poverty to wealth and influence. At the same time, we see the evolution of Florida to the state it is today, and laments over its change, a "land remembered." Along the way the reader will encounter the formative events of Florida history from the Civil War onward.
Smith's portrayal of Florida's cattle raising history should enlighten many readers of a little known and often neglected part of Florida's history.
The book may be flawed in some of its literary aspects, but for accessible history it has few peers."
It's a popular book pick in The Villages and everyone I know who read it loved it.
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