In 1942 alone, German U-Boats sank almost four million gross registered tons of Allied ships convoying goods and war supplies to the war ravaged European continent, Britain and North Africa.
That same year, college student Jimmy Kindall, who longs for adventure, leaves his small Mississippi town to join the Merchant Marine.
Governor Rick Scott and his wife personally came to his home to give him this award..
In June 2013, Smith was selected as one of the Great Floridians.
Smith Florida Literature Award, in his honor.
In 1997, the Florida Historical Society created a new annual award, the Patrick D.
Augustine, 2008.
Previous honors include: Tebeau Prize for A Land Remembered as the Most Outstanding Historical Novel, Florida Historical Society, 1986
Outstanding Author Award, Council for Florida Libraries, 1986
Communications Achievement Award, Toastmasters International, 1987
Environmental Writer\'s Award, Florida Audubon Society, 1987
FLORIDA TODAY Best Writer Award, 1987, 1990, 1992
Medal of Honor, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1988
Order of the South Award, Southern Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 1996
Florida Ambassador of the Arts Award, Florida Department of State, 1996; the first Florida Cracker Heritage Award, presented for outstanding contribution to Florida Cracker pioneer heritage, Florida Cracker Trail Association, 1997
Florida Literary Legend Award, Florida Heritage Book Festival, St.
Smith\'s lifetime work was nominated for the 1985 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Smith has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize, in 1973 for Forever Island, which was a 1974 selection of Reader\'s Digest Condensed Books both in the English language edition and in all of the worldwide foreign language editions; in 1978 for Angel City, which was produced as a "Movie of the Week" for the CBS television network; and in 1984 for A Land Remembered, which was an Editors\' Choice selection of the New York Times Book Review.
In May 2002 Smith was the recipient of the Florida Historical Society\'s Fay Schweim Award as the "Greatest Living Floridian." The one-time-only award was established to honor the one individual who has contributed the most to Florida in recent history.
He is a 1999 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, the highest and most prestigious cultural honor That can be bestowed upon an individual by the state of Florida.
He is also co-author of the non-fiction book The Last Ride and author of the non-fiction book In Search of The Russian Bear.
About the Author: Patrick Smith is the author of seven novels: The River Is Home, The Beginning, Forever Island, Angel City, Allapattah, A Land Remembered, and The Seas That Mourn, and a story collection, A White Deer and Other Stories.
These sailors, often overlooked and even belittled for their service, were key in turning the tide of the war.
However, it isn\'t long That he discovers That supplying the troops in unprotected waters exposes him to some of the fiercest battles in WWII, testing not only his grit and courage but his sanity as well.
The Seas That Mourn, written by the author of A Land Remembered, is a riveting story of the unsung heroes who navigated dangerous waters and perilous conditions to provide American and Allied troops with critical supplies of ammunition, fuel and goods.
He soon finds he is drawn to the excitement and camaraderie on his Liberty ship the SS Juniper Springs and easily slips into the sailor\'s life.
In 1942 alone, German U-Boats sank almost four million gross registered tons of Allied ships convoying goods and war supplies to the war ravaged European continent, Britain and North Africa.
That same year, college student Jimmy Kindall, who longs for adventure, leaves his small Mississippi town to join the Merchant Marine
