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John Jakes

John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the eight-volume Kent Family Chronicles, The North and South Trilogy, On Secret Service, California Gold, Homeland, and American Dreams. Descended from a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line who fought in the American Revolution, Jakes is one of today's most distinguished authors of historical fiction. He lives in South Carolina and Florida.

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Savannah {or} a Gift for Mr. Lincoln will be released on March 08, 2011 in
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Charleston will be released on January 04, 2011 in eAudio
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The Gods of Newport will be released on January 04, 2011 in eAudio
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Charleston is now available in eAudio
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Savannah {or} a Gift for Mr. Lincoln is now available in eAudio
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The Gods of Newport is now available in eAudio
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Charleston is now available in Compact Disk
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Examiner.com, June 20, 2011
...Potter series by J.K. Rowling His Dark Materials triology by Philip Pullman The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes The Fudge series by Judy Blume or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books...
Americus Times-Recorder, June 18, 2011
...broke trying to find the ingredients for the recipes. • “Savannah or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln” — John Jakes — Dutton — 2004 This prolific writer is a “New York Bestselling Author of Charleston,” according to the book jacket. I found this...
DePauw University, June 2, 2011
...Greencastle, Ind. John Jakes, bestselling author and 1953 graduate of DePauw University, has been elected to the Van Wezel Foundation's board of directors. Based in Sarasota, Florida, the foundation's mission is...
Associated Content, May 9, 2011
...into my life; I put only my talent into my works. " On publishing what you write, howeve, John Jakes has a quote reads: "Be yourself. Above all, let who are you, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you...
Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch, April 25, 2011
...Alexander McCall Smith September: I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron October: Gods of Newport by John Jakes November: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie December: The Perfect Christmas by Debbie MacComber Website:...
South Carolina Enquirer-Herald, April 21, 2011
...as "Brokeback Mountain."Other recipients of the Cooper Medal include Pat Conroy, Joseph Heller, James Dickey, Ray Bradbury, John Jakes, Joyce Carol Oates and Edward Albee...
New Hyde Park Patch, March 18, 2011
...March 23, 2011 Time: 7:00pm Chris Schnupp leads a talk about the book, North and South by John Jakes. You can reserve a copy of the book at Hillside Library. Website: http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hillside/index.htm Phone: Hillside Library: (516)...
A Few More Pages, August 10, 2011
...wish I had read it sooner! Before I saw the film version, I had mistakenly associated it with John Jakes's North and South series, which is set during the American Civil War (a setting I'm not particularly fond of). Thank goodness my error in judgment...
Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources, July 1, 2011
...Then he got cancer and died in 1960. But that hardly even slowed the Ard-”Ward” factory down. John Jakes finished his last few mysteries, and science-fiction writer Robert Silverberg was recruited to finish Buchanan On The Prod. He said of the...
Not The Baseball Pitcher, June 30, 2011
...110: MY: The House On The Point - Benjamin Hoff111: WE: On Dangerous Ground: Stories of Western Noir - edited by Ed Gorman, Dave Zeltserman, and Martin H. Greenburg112: MY: Bye Bye, Baby - Max Allan Collins113: CR: The Case of The Howling Dog - Erle...
Book Binge, June 22, 2011
...s I encountered a wonderful series of novels that spanned the entire history of America's beginnings by John Jakes, and that got me started.  Then about 18 months ago I first read work by Beth Williamson and decided that American historical romances had...
Redecorating Middle-Earth in Early Lovecraft, May 28, 2011
...by Adrien Stoutenburg (1971)Sleep Two, Three, Four! A Political Thriller by John Neufeld (1971)Time Gate by John Jakes (1972)The Endless Pavement by Jacqueline Jackson and William Perlmutter (1973)Momo (also published as The Grey Gentleman) by Michael...
Entertainment - MassLive.com, May 28, 2011
...Gone With the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell 3. “Cold Mountain” by Charles Frazier 4. “North and South” by John Jakes 5. “Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane...
Shelfari, April 26, 2011
...in the comments, or on our Facebook page. Jamie asked: My mother's favorite authors are James Michener, John Jakes, Edward Rutherfourd, Sara Donati and Diana Gabaldon . She loves thick multi-generational books or books that are in a series. She likes...