John Jakes, considered one of the greatest storytellers of his generation and author of 17 New York Times best-selling books — including the “Kent Family Chronicles” and “North and South” trilogy — ...
Kent Chronicles-- In anticipation of the bicentennial back in 1976, author John Jakes launched his eight-novel saga "The Kent Family Chronicles." The first appeared in 1974, the last in 1979. In 1978 ...
The Hollywood Reporter: John Jakes, Author of the Miniseries-Spawning ‘North and South’ Trilogy, Dies at 90
John Jakes, Author of the Miniseries-Spawning ‘North and South’ Trilogy, Dies at 90
Yahoo: Mark Bennett: Farewell John Jakes, one of America's best-read authors, former Hautean
Mar. 23—Childhoods matter. Each uniquely shapes a future life. The boyhood years John Jakes spent in Terre Haute left an impression. He lived a long life, becoming one of America's most popular ...
Mark Bennett: Farewell John Jakes, one of America's best-read authors, former Hautean
Credit...Photo illustration by Naila Ruechel for The New York Times; source images from John Jakes’s American Bicentennial Series and painting by Stafford Ordahl ...
The Spokesman-Review: John Jakes, best-selling author of historical novels, dies at 90
John Jakes, whose generational sagas set during the American Revolution and the Civil War sold millions of copies and earned him the title of “godfather of historical fiction,” died March 11 at a ...
The author known for writing historical fiction focusing on the American Revolution and the Civil War has died. John Jakes was 90. Jakes’ lawyer and literary agent, Frank R. Curtis, confirmed his ...