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.[4]
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.
kent, family, chronicles, also, known, american, bicentennial, series, series, eight, novels, john, jakes, written, lyle, engel, book, creations, commemorate, 200th, anniversary, declaration, independence, united, states, books, became, best, sellers, with, no. The Kent Family Chronicles also known as The American Bicentennial Series is a series of eight novels by John Jakes written for Lyle Engel of Book Creations Inc to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States 1 The books became best sellers with no novel in the series selling fewer than 3 5 million copies 2 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 3 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 4 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 editThe Bastard 1974 The Rebels 1975 The Seekers 1975 The Furies 1976 5 The Titans 1976 6 The Warriors 1977 7 The Lawless 1978 8 The Americans 1979 9 Footnotes edit Folkart Burt A August 14 1986 Lyle K Engel Force Behind Novel Factory Los Angeles Times 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 Chronicles John Jakes A Critical Companion Greenwood Press 1996 p 29 New York Times Best Seller List The Miami News 13 March 1976 Retrieved 4 July 2013 L H Whittemore 19 June 1977 Meet John Jakes Instant Historian and Millionaire Youngstown Vindicator Retrieved 4 July 2013 New York Times Best Sellers List The Miami News 29 April 1977 Retrieved 4 July 2013 Top 10 Paperbacks The Albany Herald 7 May 1978 Retrieved 4 July 2013 Visionary pop book impresario Engel dies at 71 The Montreal Gazette 14 August 1986 External links editJohn Jakes Official Homepage The Bastard on IMDb The Rebels on IMDb The Seekers on IMDb nbsp This article about a family saga novel of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte nbsp nbsp This article on a novel about the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Kent Family Chronicles amp oldid 1146613039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
