John Jakes (1932–2023)
Autor(a) de North and South
About the Author
John Jakes was born in Chicago in 1932. He studied acting at Northwestern University, where he began writing professionally during his freshman year. Later he enrolled in a creative writing program at DePauw University and received a master's degree in American literature from Ohio State mostrar mais University. Early in his career Jakes wrote copy for a pharmaceutical company and various ad agencies, and authored dozens of short stories encompassing western, mystery and science fiction themes. In March 1973, Jakes commenced work on The Kent Family Chronicles, a multi-volume set portraying American history through the lives of a fictional family. Later works include North and South (1982), California Gold (1989), Homeland (1993), and American Dreams. Six of his major novels have been filmed as television miniseries, and North and South remains one of the highest rated miniseries in the history of television. Jakes is actively involved in the adaptation of North and South for the Broadway stage. John Jakes has been hailed as the godfather of the historical novel, and America's history teacher. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) John William Jakes (b. 1932), American author of fantasy, science fiction, westerns, and historical fiction. Although Jakes uses the name Alan Payne, there are other authors in LT named Alan Payne. Please do not combine them.
Séries
Obras por John Jakes
The North and South Trilogy: North and South, Love and War, and Heaven and Hell (1982) 116 exemplares
A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Editor; Contribuidor — 104 exemplares
Tonight We Steal the Stars / The Wagered World (Ace Double No. 81680) (1969) — Autor — 65 exemplares
The Kent Chronicles 8-Volume Set: The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers, The Furies, The Titans, The Warriors, The… (1974) 40 exemplares
The Texans ride north;: The story of the cattle trails (Winston adventure books) (1952) 12 exemplares
THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL SERIES, THE KENT FAMILY CHRONICLES, 6 BOOKS IN SLIPCASE (1986) 9 exemplares
Kent Family Chronicles, complete set: The Bastard The Rebels The Seekers The Furies The Titans The Warriors The Lawless… (1976) 5 exemplares
SET OF SEVEN COMPLETE NOVELS by John Jakes: North & South / The Rebels / The Bastard / The Seekers / The Americans /… 4 exemplares
The Kent Chronicles (7 Volumes): The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers, The Furies, The Titans, The Warriors, The… (1976) 4 exemplares
Let Her Kill Herself 3 exemplares
Stranger with Roses: A Science Fiction Entertainment in One Act (in Six Science Fiction Plays) (1972) 3 exemplares
Licht und Schatten Roman (German edition) 2 exemplares
The American Bicentennial Series Box Set (Kent Family Chronicles, Volumes I,II,III,IV & V) (1976) 2 exemplares
Machine 2 exemplares
Ghosts of Stone (Short Story) 2 exemplares
Traitors' Legion 2 exemplares
The Dreaming Trees 2 exemplares
TEXAS RIDE NORTH, THE 2 exemplares
GONZAGAS WOMAN 2 exemplares
The Girl in the Gem (Short Story) 2 exemplares
No Comment 2 exemplares
Conan the Barbarian [1970] #013 2 exemplares
Północ i Południe 1 exemplar
The American Bicentennial Series, The Kent Family Chronicles, Volumes I-6, Boxed Set [Paperback]1976 by John Jakes (1900) 1 exemplar
By John Jakes The Seekers (Kent Family Chronicles) (paperback / softback) [Mass Market Paperback] 1 exemplar
De strijders 1 exemplar
De dödsdömda 1 exemplar
The Kent Family Chronicles Volumes Four Through Six: The Furies, The Titans, and The Warriors (2018) 1 exemplar
A Spell of Evil: A Play in Three Acts 1 exemplar
Miłość i wojna 1 exemplar
Mention my Name Atlantis 1 exemplar
Nebe a peklo 1. díl 1 exemplar
De erfgenamen 1 exemplar
De titanen 1 exemplar
De immigranten 1 exemplar
Sever a Jih 2. díl 1 exemplar
Sever a Jih 1. díl 1 exemplar
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066 1 exemplar
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 059 1 exemplar
Brak: Mark of the Demons 1 exemplar
Os titãs 1 exemplar
The Sorceress John Jakes the Second Adventure of Brak the Barbarian Tandem Paperback 1976 1 exemplar
Láska a válka 1. 1 exemplar
Der Gefangene 1 exemplar
Piekło i niebo 1 exemplar
Nebesa in pekel 1 exemplar
he Warriors 1 exemplar
Nero nel tempo (Black in Time) 1 exemplar
Pioneeri 1 exemplar
Centenniel Series 1 exemplar
Brak: Spell Of The Dragon 1 exemplar
Devils in the Walls (Short Story) 1 exemplar
Frozen Hell 1 exemplar
The Defiled Sister 1 exemplar
With Wings 1 exemplar
The Barge of Souls (Novelette) 1 exemplar
The Unspeakable Shrine (Novelette) 1 exemplar
The Running Hounds 1 exemplar
The Beast 1 exemplar
The Man Who Wanted To Be In The Movies 1 exemplar
The Woman at Apache Wells, Peace Officer, Sisters: Stellar Audio Volume 4 (Western, Vol 4) 1 exemplar
Chamber of Chills #4 1 exemplar
Dr. Sweetkill 1 exemplar
North and South [AND] Love and War 1 exemplar
Kentin suku 1 exemplar
Voittajat 1 exemplar
Karkuri 1 exemplar
Cloak And Dagger 1 exemplar
Autograph, (S.F. Writer), S. 3x5 1 exemplar
Os pioneiros 1 exemplar
1990 1 exemplar
1996 1 exemplar
Das Versprechen 1 exemplar
THE CROWN FAMILY SAGA 2/2A hom,ame 1 exemplar
Kent sagaen: Soldaten {the Titans; del 2} 1 exemplar
Północ i Południe cz. 1 1 exemplar
Północ południe cz. 2 1 exemplar
Wojna i miłość cz.1 1 exemplar
Wojna i miłość cz. 2 1 exemplar
Piekło i niebo cz.1 1 exemplar
Piekło i niebo cz. 2 1 exemplar
Heaven & Hell, California Gold 1 exemplar
Sever a Jih ; Láska a válka ; Nebe a peklo 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown: A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old and New (1993) — Contribuidor — 193 exemplares
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (1982) — Contribuidor; Introdução — 101 exemplares
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels: Twelve Espionage Masterpieces (1986) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1954) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Space Science Fiction, Spring 1957 (Vol. 1 ∙ No.1) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 123 (January 1965) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Jakes, John William
- Outros nomes
- Payne, Alan
Scotland, Jay - Data de nascimento
- 1932-03-31
- Data de falecimento
- 2023-03-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Locais de residência
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA - Educação
- Northwestern University
DePauw University (1953)
Ohio State University (MA|American Literature, 1954) - Ocupações
- advertising industry
research fellow
novelist
playwright
actor - Organizações
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
University of South Carolina
Authors Guild
Dramatists Guild of America
PEN (American)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Cooper Medal (2002)
Western Heritage Literary Award, National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1995)
South Carolina Academy of Authors
Owen Wister Award (2007) - Nota de desambiguação
- John William Jakes (b. 1932), American author of fantasy, science fiction, westerns, and historical fiction. Although Jakes uses the name Alan Payne, there are other authors in LT named Alan Payne. Please do not combine them.
Membros
Discussions
John Jakes North and South Trilogy, SIGNED EDITION BIS (Item#2932; $405) em Easton Press Collectors (Abril 2023)
North and South by John Jakes - norabelle414 tutoring Samantha_kathy em 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Abril 2012)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 240
- Also by
- 51
- Membros
- 18,010
- Popularidade
- #1,222
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 186
- ISBN
- 713
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 28
Years later, George’s youngest brother, Billy, and Orry’s young cousin, Charles, head to the same military school together (though they have known each other through the families’ friendship for a while now)… but now the school is much more divisive along North/South lines with slavery/politics being the issue.
Orry’s brother, Cooper, is very much against owning slaves and he marries a woman from the North. George’s sister, Virgilia, is a staunch abolitionist and gets in Orry’s face whenever the Mains visit. Billy has fallen in love with Orry’s youngest sister, Brett, though he had a brief flirtation with a sister, Ashton, just slightly older. Brett really is the marrying type vs Ashton’s flirtatious ways.
There is a lot going on in this long book and a lot of North/South mixing between the families and their friends/acquaintances. It’s not often I rate a book this long (over 800 pages) this high, but I really liked this one all the way though (though it was a bit tricky at the start to get a handle on who was who!). There is even more going on (and more characters) than I’ve detailed in my summary. This is the first in a trilogy. I assume the others are also very long, so it might be a while before I get to the next, but I will definitely read it at some point. I’ve never seen the miniseries, but would like to; I hadn’t realized Patrick Swayze is in it!… (mais)