John Jakes
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Dutton
Pub. Date
c2006
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In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of money, excess, and unapologetic greed, where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. But amid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume balls raged undeclared class warfare, scandalous doings, even madness.
In 1893, railroad mogul Sam Driver, one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks...
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The author of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers sets his sights on the jewel of the South-Savannah-and brings it to life in his inimitable style. Georgia, 1864: Sherman's army marches from Atlanta to the sea. In its path, the charming old city of Savannah where the Lester ladies -- attractive widowed Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie -- struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city...
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Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1982
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The first volume of John Jakes's acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil War In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is...
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Publisher
Jove Publications
Pub. Date
1980
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The definitive volume in Jakes's bestselling series finds the Kent family reaching to finally embrace its legacy, and its future. In the final installment of the Kent Family Chronicles, the remaining Kents seek to fulfill Philip Kent's original American dream. As Gideon Kent's health deteriorates, he fears for the future of his family. Their dynasty, now in ruins, stands as a tarnished symbol of all the Kents have lost in the unstable years of war...
6) The bastard
Author
Series
The American bicentennial volume 1
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1977?] c1974
10) The titans
Author
Series
American Bicentennial volume 5
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1977?] c1976
12) The furies
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Series
The American Bicentennical volume 4
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1977?] c1976
13) The rebels
Author
Series
The American Bicentennial volume 2
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
1977, c1975
14) The warriors
Author
Series
The American Bicentennial volume 6
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1977
15) Savannah
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Sherman's army marches from Atlanta to the sea, with Savannah in its path. The Lester ladies--attractive widowed Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie--struggle to save the family rice plantation. Hattie and the general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them when Sherman offers the city to Lincoln as "a Christmas gift."