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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]
Abraham meets his half-brother Gilbert and takes a job in the family business, the Kent and Son printers, but the trauma of Elizabeth's death makes him unsuccessful. Abraham decides to leave, but when he tries to take his son with him, his sister-in-law, Harriet, refuses. Abraham pushes her down the stairs, causing her to go into premature labor.
Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent (often referred to as "Pa" and "Ma" Kent, respectively) are fictional characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. They are the adoptive parents of Superman , and live in the rural town of Smallville, Kansas . [ 1 ]
Kent is a surname. Notable people with the name include: A–D ... James Kent (1763–1847), American legal scholar for whose family Kent, New York, is named;
Princess Michael of Kent is on the mend after breaking both of her wrists in a fall down the stairs of her home at Kensington Palace. Princess Michael, 79, hurt herself after falling down the ...
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.
The Rebels is a historical novel written by John Jakes, originally published in 1975, the second in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events and figures, to narrate the story of the nascent United States of America during the time of the ...
The Kents is the title of a 12-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics, from August 1997 to July 1998.The story concerns a troubled generation of ancestors to Jonathan "Pa" Kent (Superman's adoptive father).