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John Jakes | | Birth Date: |
March 31, 1932 | | Place of Birth: |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of John (William) Jakes
6,023 words, approx. 20 pages
 John Jakes, variously called the "godfather of the historical novel," "the people's author," and "America's history teacher," is the acknowledged contemporary master of the family saga. Best known as the creator of the Kent Family Chronicles... summary from source:
 Biography of John Jakes
1,939 words, approx. 7 pages
John Jakes was a prolific but obscure writer for some twenty years, until his "American Bicentennial" series of historical novels captured the public's imagination and made him famous. Jakes had published his first work while he was still a high school... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jakes, John (1932—) Summary
544 words, approx. 2 pages John Jakes was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 31, 1932. His parents fostered a love of the library in him and his association with books has followed him throughout his life. Jakes has enjoyed a long and distinguished writing career but has worked... summary from source:
 John Jakes Information
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John William Jakes (born on March 31, 1932) is a writer of fiction. Jakes first sold stories to pulp magazines while still in college in the early 1950s. He published several stories and novels over the next 20 years, many of them fantasy fiction,...
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 The Washington Post History According to John Jakes
08/07/1998: 937 words, approx. 3 pages AMERICAN DREAMS By John Jakes Dutton. 495 pp. $24.95 There is no end to these books. When he's dead John Jakes will be sending them to us from the cemetery and they'll be all about the people in cemeteries, how they're related to... summary from source:
Dayton Daily News S. Carolina History Inspires John Jakes
07/17/2002: 661 words, approx. 2 pages His new 'Charleston' was 2 years in making Losing the Frigidaire account might have been the best thing that happened to John Jakes. The year was 1971, he was living in Kettering and working in the Dayton office of Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, one... summary from source:
 AP-Travel Online Mystery Festival: Kentucky in June
11/22/2006: 334 words, approx. 1 pages In the mood for a good mystery? How about 12 of them? Organizers for the first International Mystery Writers' Festival will showcase 12 works June 12-17 in Owensboro. Some of the genre's key players, Ira Levin, Sue Grafton and Angela...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Bruce Cook
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While the publishing world has been agog for months over the nearly unparalleled success of Alex Haley's Roots, another venture, in its own way just as successful, has gone virtually unnoticed by journalists and critics—though not by readers. John Jakes's American Bicentennial Series of historical novels, which traces the lives and fortunes of the fictitious Kent family from colonial times, has been appearing rapidly in installments since 1974. The Warriors is the sixth of them. It is, ... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Publishers Weekly
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With the publication of the seventh volume of his Kent family saga ["The Lawless,"] the wonder is that Jakes is able to sustain the pace and his own apparent interest in what is seeming to be an open-ended project. This installment covers approximately the years 1869–1877, a time of growing labor unionism and the attendant battles and bloodshed. Several of the more significant Kents die here, and the direction of the new generation is forecast, as Jeptha's three sons react to the... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Joan Hinkemeyer
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Readers who have followed the Kent family since The Bastard and The Rebels will not be disappointed with [The Americans] …, which concentrates on the family of Gideon Kent. Jakes displays the complete panorama of America in the 1880's, as Gideon's youngest son Will moves from life with Theodore Roosevelt at his Medora ranch to practicing medicine in the tenement slums of New York…. It's all here—countless historical details, romance, violence, suspense, and a strong...
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