A land I Wish I Remembered

I couldn’t help but feel some jealousy reading A Land Remembered. In this book there are many detailed descriptions of the natural beauty of Florida from hundreds of years ago. I would give anything to spend a day in this uninhabited, wildly beautiful environment. In part one of this book it seems like Tobias and his family are having a tough time trying to survive in Florida’s wilderness. Tobias and Zech run into a few Florida species that are no longer existent. The one species that they ran into which made me extremely jealous was the Carolina Parakeet. As a bird lover is saddens me to know that these beautiful birds were once hunted to extinction. People back then hunted this small bird for its colorful feathers, just to wear them as an accessory. Some other birds in Florida where also almost hunted to extinction for the same exact reason. If only some people had some compassion for these wild animals at some point, many of them will still be in our very own backyard. Reading this book also made me appreciate Florida much more; now knowing how much wilderness and different animals once ruled this state.