Authors on the Web
Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, October 11, 2009
...His name and his books will remain high in the world of mystery writers forever.' Historical fiction writer John Jakes, who winters on Longboat Key, met Kaminsky when Jakes' daughter was Kaminsky's teaching assistant at Northwestern. 'I began reading...
Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, October 11, 2009
...name and his books will remain high in the world of mystery writers forever." Historical fiction writer John Jakes, who winters on Longboat Key, met Kaminsky when Jakes' daughter was Kaminsky's teaching assistant at Northwestern. "I began reading Toby...
Morning Call, October 4, 2009
...that book. Book club? I'd love to. Worst movie version of a book: ''Heaven and Hell'' by John Jakes. Great cast, but the miniseries was awful...
Examiner.com, July 2, 2009
...mother?s library that I thought must be very racy indeed because of its title, The Bastard, by John Jakes (1974). Here are just a few of things I want to say about this book and its author: It?s a perfect book for the long Independence Day weekend...
Washington Post, June 27, 2009
...have to carry anything that's just ordinary,' said Cohen. 'We don't have a romance section. No John Jakes.' The perfect P&P customer reads 20 books a year. He or she sets aside time to explore the store, knowing they will leave with at least a tome or...
NWI Times, March 31, 2009
...Birthdays Actress Peggy Rea ('Grace Under Fire') is 88. Actor William Daniels ('St. Elsewhere') is 82. Chicago author John Jakes ('The North and The South') is 77. Actor Richard Chamberlain and actress Shirley Jones and country singer-songwriter John D....
PR Newswire, February 9, 2009
...winners of the Owen Wister Award, previously called the Levi Strauss Saddleman Award, include A.B. Guthrie Jr., John Jakes, Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, Mari Sandoz and Tony Hillerman. For more information on WWA, log on to...
Washington Post, January 2, 2009
...of these to Brazil not long ago,' he says, gesturing toward a carton brimming with the likes of John Jakes and James Michener. The price: maybe 10 cents a book. The wholesaler who bought them, Roberts assumes, is supplying street vendors. Are we talking...
Daily Gleaner, December 6, 2008
...some delightful reading for adults in which Christmas figures greatly. Our book club has just finished Savannah by John Jakes, which like many of Charles Dickens' novels, has a subtitle: A Gift for Mr. Lincoln. This short novel, so unlike Jakes' other...
Doqz, October 16, 2009
...to cut across specific genres, albeit most tend to be among the historical novels.Wilbur Smith, Herman Wouk, John Jakes, W.E.B Griffin, James Clavell, Colleen McCullough...The problem, for me is that these guys are necessarily few and far between. It's...
Beggar's Shot Glass, September 15, 2009
...“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” -Plato “Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves” -Euripides “They may forget what you said, but they will never forget...
Framed and Booked, September 3, 2009
...5 Pennsylvania - Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline, Rating 4 Rhode Island - Gods of Newport by John Jakes, Rating 2 South Carolina - Charleston by Alexandra Ripley, Rating 3 South Dakota - By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rating 4...
Rough Edges, August 7, 2009
...Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a fan of the late Ben Haas, who wrote Westerns as John Benteen, Thorne Douglas, Richard Meade, and possibly other names, in addition to historical and mainstream novels under his own name. Some of you may...
RAZORED ZEN, June 16, 2009
...called “Hacendado,” which I hadn’t read before. There’s also just a really, really weak story by John Jakes called “The Woman at Apache Wells.” This one started out to be one type of story, changed to another type of story, and ended as a...
Author, J. W. Coffey's MySpace Blog, April 22, 2009
...a flea market last weekend and bought books by Jane Austin, Jacqueline Susan, Robert Ludlum, Karen Marie Moning, John Jakes, Leon Uris, and George Burns. I've turned into a lazy shlub. But I needed the vacation. And I enjoyed it. I go back to the day job...
a*crooked*walk, April 15, 2009
...stupidly?” he asks, also spilling his coffee which he does on a daily basis - excited or not. “John Jakes,” I say. “What?” He has obviously never heard about the most ridiculous Civil War novel ever written. “ The North and the South ,”...
AudioTalkBooks, March 25, 2009
...small selection of Joyce’s wonderful works. Other titles you may be interested in Savannah Written By - John Jakes Peformed By - Dylan Baker Published By - Simon & Schuster Duration - 6 hours Categories - Historical War & Military Action & Adventure...
A Peek At My Bookshelf, January 17, 2009
...by...families move in...territory grows. The Doucet family strikes caution in young Katie's heart. Especially when John Jakes comes courting her. What exactly do the Doucet's believe in? Katie knows it isn't God...but what, she doesn't know. Evil lurks...




















