Here are three generations of the MacIvey family, from dirt-poor Crackers to wealthy real estate tycoons, in an epic portrayal of the American pioneer will to survive against all odds. Here is the sweeping story of the land, how at first bare survival is scratched from it and then how it is exploited far beyond human need. Here is a rich, rugged history of Florida’s pioneer spirit and natural world.
Winner of the Florida Historical Society’s Tebeau Prize as the Most Outstanding Florida Historical Novel.
Chosen as the title for the One Community One Book program for many counties in Florida in 2003-2004.
- ISBN10 1561641162
- ISBN13 9781561641161
- Publish Date 1 September 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 416
- Language English