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In A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith, wealthy 85-year-old real estate developer Solomon “Sol” MacIvey arrives at his cabin in Punta Rassa, Florida, in 1968, planning to spend his final days reflecting on his family's history, which begins in 1863 with his grandfather Tobias MacIvey's struggle to survive in the Florida wilderness. The narrative unfolds across generations, chronicling the MacIveys' challenges, relationships with the Seminole people, and success in cattle and orange farming, culminating in Sol’s own rise in real estate and eventual regret over the environmental destruction his actions caused. The book contains themes of violence, death, and loss.