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John William Jakes (March 31, 1932 – March 11, 2023) was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others.
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Mar 14, 2023 · John Jakes, a superstar writer of historical fiction whose generational family sagas of the American Revolution and the Civil War mingled real and imaginary characters and became runaway...
Mar 14, 2023 · John Jakes, the celebrated author known for his historical North and South trilogy that sold 10 million copies and became three ABC miniseries in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 90. Jakes...
Mar 16, 2023 · 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...
John Jakes is the acknowledged contemporary master of the family saga. He was the creator of the legendary eight-volume Kent Family Chronicles, the Main and Hazard families of The North and South Trilogy, and the Crowns of Chicago, German-Americans whose stories interweave the history of the twentieth century in Homeland and its sequel ...
Mar 15, 2023 · 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...
Mar 14, 2023 · John Jakes, the bestselling author of historical novels whose books The Bastard and North And South were adapted into highly rated TV movies and miniseries in the 1970s and ’80s, died Saturday at...
John Jakes, the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times bestselling North and South Trilogy, returns to the Civil War era with the story of two couples divided by war and allegiance, who discover that love doesn’t take sides...
Mar 15, 2023 · John Jakes, author of the North and South trilogy and the Kent Family Chronicles, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida at the age of 90.
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