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Jakes, John Americans
New York, NY Jove February 1, 1980 0515054321 / 9780515054323 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;A master of the ancient art of storytelling. -- New York Times Book Review&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) A master of the ancient art of storytelling. (New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John Americans
New York, NY Jove February 1, 1980 0515054321 / 9780515054323 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;A master of the ancient art of storytelling. -- New York Times Book Review&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) A master of the ancient art of storytelling. (New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John Heaven and Hell
Dell September 1, 1988 0440201705 / 9780440201700 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;From Publishers Weekly&newline;As one might expect, this final volume in Jake's North and South trilogy makes splendid reading. Dealing with Reconstruction as the earlier volumes dealt, respectively, with pre-Civil War rumblings and the war itself, this novel resumes the saga of the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina, both families now sadly depleted and bound together as much by hate as love. The Union has triumphed but there's no peace, as radical northern Republicans seek to impose punitive rule on the South and succeed in bringing impeachment proceedings against President Johnson; the Ku Klux Klan goes its ludicrous and hideous way; and in the West, army generals, most notably Custer, savagely subdue the Indians. The principal fictional characters threading the accurate groundwork of major national events are, on the Hazard side, steelmaker George, his abolitionist sister Virgiliastet and his corrupt, incompetent brother Stanley who (significantly) goes into politics. In the Main family, there are Orry's octoroon widow Madeline, a prime target of the Klan, his unscrupulous sister Ashton and, most insistently and compellingly, Charles, whose adventures include scouting for Custer, until he becomes disgusted by the Washita Massacre, and, with Indian help, tracking the crazed abductor of his small son. Idealism and corruption, tenderness and brutality, innocence and insanity, all figure in the narrative, a highly colored amalgam of heaven and hell, with the latter predominating. Literary Guild dual main selection; Doubleday Book Club main selection; first serial to Cosmopolitan. &newline;Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal&newline;The saga of the Hazard and Main families continues in this conclusion of the North and South trilogy. The story centers on Charles, Orry Main's cousin, a Southerner totally devastated by the Civil War. Displaced and just having lost his beloved Augusta, Charles heads West with his infant son hoping to make a new life. With Charles as the focal point, the narrative continually shifts to all the other family members, including George Hazard in Pennsylvania, Madeline Main struggling to rebuild Mont Royal, etc., and unbeknownst to any of them, a madman bent on destroying both families. With a cast of diverse and colorful characters, the author spins an entertaining tale full of historical detail.Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo&newline;Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John HOMELAND
Bantam March 1, 1994 0553564994 / 9780553564990 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;From Publishers Weekly&newline;The bestselling author of North and South returns with a new first-rate historical series that begins in 1890s Berlin, where young Pauli Kroner ekes out a living as a kitchen helper in a posh hotel. When his consumptive aunt dies, the orphaned Pauli books steerage to America, hoping to be reunited with his wealthy uncle, Joseph Crown, who fought for the Union Army and now heads a brewery empire in Chicago. Surviving a long, perilous journey, Pauli meets his American relatives, among them Aunt Ilsa, whose progressive views cause almost as much friction in the family as eldest son Joe Jr.'s alliance with the socialist labor movement. Pauli unexpectedly falls in love with Julie Vanderhoff, strong-willed daughter of a Chicago meat-packing millionaire who hates foreigners, further complicating the drama. Jakes portrays the Crowns, leading civic figures in Chicago, moving among a crowd of influential and important people, including Jane Addams, Teddy Roosevelt and Eugene Debs. Chock-full of fascinating period detail, his captivating story brings to life the sounds, smells and tastes of turn-of-the-century America in a manner comparable to Michener's Hawaii and Doctorow's Ragtime . An absolute must for the beach. Author tour; major ad/promo. &newline;Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal&newline;YA-In 1892, an orphaned German teenager, Pauli, comes to America to live with his uncle's family in Chicago. He arrives with the typical immigrant's vision of a flawless new homeland. During the next 10 years he experiences firsthand labor strife; poverty, greed, and crime in the city's slums; and suffering in the Cuban battlefields of 1898. Increasingly, his idealistic picture of the country changes until the end of the book when he sees his new homeland as a place where &doublequote;men are free.&doublequote; Likewise, the three-dimensional main characters have strengths and weaknesses, good points and faults. Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, Clara Barton, and Jane Addams make their appearances, and readers witness the growing labor-union movement, the women's-rights struggle, national expansionism, and the beginning of the moving-picture industry. The book's major drawback is its length. However, readers who are willing to invest the time will find it an interesting view of the U.S. at the turn of the century.&newline;Shirley B. Blaes, R.E. Lee High School, Springfield, VA&newline;Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John Lawless
Jove April 10, 1978 0515041254 / 9780515041255 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;A master of the ancient art of storytelling. -- New York Times Book Review&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) A master of the ancient art of storytelling. (New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John Lawless
Jove April 10, 1978 0515041254 / 9780515041255 Hardcover
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;A master of the ancient art of storytelling. -- New York Times Book Review&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) A master of the ancient art of storytelling. (New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John Love and War
Dell October 1, 1985 0440150167 / 9780440150169 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;The Hazards and Mains are wrenched apart by battle and swept together by passion during the searing years of the Civil War. 2 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John North and South
Dell Publishing Company February 1983 0440162041 / 9780440162049 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. 2 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap&newline;In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. 2 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John North and South
Dell Publishing Company February 1983 0440162041 / 9780440162049 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. 2 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap&newline;In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. 2 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John On Secret Service
Signet April 10, 2001 0451204050 / 9780451204059 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Amazon.com Review&newline;John Jakes is to historical American fiction what Stephen King is to horror: a one-man industry. Jakes, the author of over 60 books, including the eight-part Kent Family Chronicles, the North and South Trilogy, and innumerable short stories of the American West, returns to his well-trod Civil War stomping grounds in the engrossing On Secret Service. The story of a war within a war on various levels--the North v. the South, the Union's Pinkerton Detective Agency v. the Confederacy's agent provocateurs, youthful idealism v. youthful lust--On Secret Service chronicles the lives and times of four young Americans, from the war's early tremors in January 1861, through its bloody conclusion, Lincoln's assassination, and John Wilkes Booth's murder in May 1865.&newline;&newline;The main players are Lon Price, the ardent abolitionist and rising-star operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and Margaret Miller, the beautiful, initially vacuous daughter of the South whose chief concern is that the war be over quickly so as not to interfere with Washington's upcoming social season. After a chance encounter in a Washington park, they are as repulsed by each other's political views as they are drawn together by an undeniable physical chemistry. As hostilities increase, the Pinkertons are pledged to the service of the Union and Lon becomes, ipso facto, a charter member in the U.S. Secret Service. When Margaret's stridently pro-slavery father is gunned down by a Pinkerton operative at a clandestine &doublequote;Secesh&doublequote; meeting, Margaret throws off her socialite mantle and vows revenge. She pledges allegiance to the South's most notorious female spy, the wealthy, well-connected, and equally well-endowed Rose Greenhow.&newline;&newline;A parallel relationship develops between Margaret's unlikely best friend, the boyishly slight Hanna Siegel, a devout abolitionist who longs to prove herself on the battlefield, and the conflicted Captain Frederick Dasher, late of West Point, now of the First Virginia Cavalry, and protégé to Brigadier General &doublequote;Jeb&doublequote; Stuart. Played out before a scrim of battles, lives, fortunes, and reputations won and irreparably lost, Lon, Margaret, Hanna, and Fred cat-and-mouse their way through America's costliest war.&newline;&newline;While the respective outcomes are somewhat predictable, what is not predictable is the degree to which the reader is captivated by Jakes's encyclopedic command of historical fact and his unmatched storytelling. The mingling of well-drawn fictional characters with nicely fleshed-out historical figures raises to rare levels circumstances that would, in lesser hands, seem mere contrivances. --Michael Hudson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly&newline;The author of the bestselling North and South trilogy remains in familiar territory as his latest sweeping historical novel retells the story of the Civil War, and also examines specific aspects of espionage, the development of the Secret Service and the controversies surrounding the Lincoln presidency and assassination. The chaos and drama of romantic love, also figure in the saga, centering on two young couples: Lon Price, a fledgling member of the newly founded Pinkerton agency, encounters beautiful actress Margaret Miller while investigating the secessionist movement, and Confederate lieutenant Frederick Dasher suffers a largely unrequited love for Miller's friend Hanna Siegel, also an actress and a secessionist. The Price/Miller pairing is by far the more interesting of the two, especially as Jakes explores the evolution of Pinkerton's secret service and how it linked with and diverged from the government's efforts to infiltrate the Confederate Army. Most of the scenes take place in and around Washington, and Jakes spreads himself a bit thin by covering the entire war rather than focusing exclusively on a smaller number of clandestine campaigns. The author saves the best for last in dealing with Lincoln's assassination, bringing the drama to life by giving each of his 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John The Bastard
Jove May 1, 1978 0515045969 / 9780515045963 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;From Library Journal&newline;The beginnings of the American Revolution provide the backdrop and action for this first part of Jakes's &doublequote;Kent Family Chronicles.&doublequote; Listeners will follow the saga of Phillipe Charboneau, illegitimate son of an English nobleman. Phillipe travels from France to claim his inheritance and is denied. To escape being murdered by his half-brother, he travels to London and then Boston, where he changes his name to Philip Kent. Along the way he meets Ben Franklin, Lord North, and Sam Adams (among other historical figures) and participates in the Boston Tea Party. This abridgment is well done, allowing one to follow the protagonist's tempestuous adventures while retaining the wealth of historic detail that makes the story so fascinating. The narration by Bruce Watson is fine; he gives each character a distinct voice with appropriate accent. The episodes are linked by music while the narration is accompanied by sound effects. For popular collections.&newline;- Michael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll., Hickory, N.C.&newline;Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review&newline;Jakes's bent for historical accuracy is unmatched in commercial fiction. -- San Francisco Chronicle&newline;&newline;John Jakes is the godfather of historical novelists. -- Los Angeles Times&newline;&newline;Perhaps no author has made popularized American history more his own province than John Jakes. -- Jacksonville Times-Union --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John The Furies
Jove May 1, 1976 0515039276 / 9780515039276 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;One of the most popular writers of Regency romances. (Romance Reader)&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John The Furies
Jove May 1, 1976 0515039276 / 9780515039276 Hardcover
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;One of the most popular writers of Regency romances. (Romance Reader)&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.0 Stars
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Jakes, John The seekers
New York Pyramid Books 1975 051503794X / 9780515037944 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Abraham Kent seeks to build a new life on the untamed Western frontier... --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From the Publisher&newline;13 1.5-hour cassettes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 3.5 Stars
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Jakes, John Titans
New York Jove July 1, 1976 0515040460 / 9780515040463 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;The Kent Family Chronicles continue as abolitionist Jeptha Kent and his sons find themselves on opposite sides of the Civil War. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. From the Publisher&newline;12 1.5-hour cassettes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.5 Stars
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Jakes, John Warriors
New York Jove April 1, 1977 0515040479 / 9780515040470 Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Review&newline;A master of the ancient art of storytelling. -- New York Times Book Review&newline;&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. -- Patricia Cornwell --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Review&newline;The best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) A master of the ancient art of storytelling. (New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 4.5 Stars
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