- Kent Family Chronicles Book Set
- Chronicles Of The Bement Family In America
- The Family Chronicle S T Aksakov
Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. FamilySearch Catalog: The Shockey chronicles: biographical annals of the Shockey family — FamilySearch.org. The Kent Family Chronicles Volume 7. The Civil War is over, but the Kent family’s good fortune is suddenly threatened in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of North and South.
The Kent Family Chronicles (also known as The American Bicentennial Series) is a series of eight novels by John Jakes written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. The books became best sellers, with no novel in the series selling fewer than 3.5 million copies.[1] With The Rebels,The Seekers, and The Furies, Jakes became the first author to have three books on the New York Times bestseller list in a single year, 1975.[2]
The books feature different members of the Kent family, connecting them with historical events at the time of the American Revolution. The first novel begins just before the American Revolution, with Frenchman Phillipe Charboneau, who travels to England and later to the New World, changing his name to Philip Kent along the way and meeting several key figures of the Revolution, including the Marquis de Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Joseph Warren, and others. The saga ends some generations later in 1890, with the death of Gideon Kent in The Americans. The series was originally intended to continue until 1976, covering 200 years.[3]
The first two novels in the series were made into telefilms in 1978 and 1979, both starring Andrew Stevens as Philip Kent, with the third adapted as a 1979 telefilm starring Randolph Mantooth as the son, Abraham Kent. 'Operation Prime Time' premiered in syndication with the first of these.
Novels[edit]
- The Bastard (1974) (Miniseries adaptation: The Bastard)
- The Rebels (1975) (Miniseries adaptation: The Rebels)
- The Seekers (1975) (Miniseries adaptation: The Seekers)
- The Furies (1976)
- The Titans (1976)
- The Warriors (1977)
- The Lawless (1978)
- The Americans (1979)
Kent Family Chronicles Book Set
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Mary Ellen Jones. 'John Jakes', Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, pp. 286-288
- ^Kay Kipling. 'The John Jakes Chronicles', Sarasota Magazine, November 2006.
- ^Mary Ellen Jones. 'Part Two: The Kent Family ChroniclesJohn Jakes: A Critical Companion, Greenwood Press, 1996, p. 29.
External links[edit]
- The Bastard on IMDb
- The Rebels on IMDb
- The Seekers on IMDb
Chronicles Of The Bement Family In America
CONTENTS | |
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Preface | |
Chapter 1. | Ancient Traces |
Chapter 2. | First Known Kerr Ancestors |
Appendix 2A. Kerr Families | |
Appendix 2B. Kerrs of Tannaghmore, Antrim | |
Chapter 3. | The Reid Family |
Chapter 4. | The Brown Family |
Appendix 4A. Brown Families | |
Chapter 5. | The Children of William and Mary Kerr |
Chapter 6. | The MacDonald Family |
Appendix 6A. MacDonald Families | |
Appendix 6B. Martin Families | |
Chapter 7. | The McReynolds Family |
Appendix 7A. McReynolds Families | |
Appendix 7B. American McReynolds Families | |
Chapter 8. | The Neill Family |
Chapter 9. | The Art Family |
Chapter 10. | The Robinson Family |
Chapter 11. | The Dallas Family |
Chapter 12. | The Children of Samuel Kerr and Sarah MacDonald |
Chapter 13. | The Children of Christopher Brennen and Doreen Kerr |
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Datafiles: | |
Datafile 1A. Kerr Records | Datafile 1B. Kerr Births |
Datafile 1C. Kerr Marriages | Datafile 1D. Kerr Deaths |
Datafile 4A. Brown Records | Datafile 4B. Brown Births |
Datafile 4C. Brown Marriages | Datafile 6A. MacDonald Records |
Datafile 6B. MacDonald Births | Datafile 6C. MacDonald Marriages |
Datafile 7A. McReynolds Records | Datafile 7B. McReynolds Births |
Datafile 7C. McReynolds Marriages | Datafile 7D. McReynolds Deaths |
Datafile 8A. Neill Records | Datafile 8B. Neill Births |
Datafile 8C. Neill Marriages | Datafile 9A. Art Records |
Datafile 10A. Robinson Records | Datafile 10B. Robinson Births |
Datafile 10C. Robinson Marriages | Datafile 11A. Dallas Records |