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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 Kent, the son of Philip Kent and Anne Ware, leads a cavalry charge in the battle, but misses a chance to kill Tecumseh. Two years later, Abraham marries his stepsister, Elizabeth Fletcher, and they purchase a tract of land on the Great Miami River, near Fort Hamilton, where begins farming corn. They have a son, Jared Adam, born in 1798.
Jakes was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 31, 1932. [1] [2] He first sold stories to pulp magazines while still in college in the early 1950s. [3]Jakes studied creative writing at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, graduating in 1953.
Fictional family trees (2 C, 2 P, 1 F) ... The Kent Family Chronicles; De Kiekeboes; The King of England and his Three Sons; De Familie Knots; Kyōran Kazoku Nikki; L.
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 ...
Engel's most successful series was The Kent Family Chronicles, authored by John Jakes. [11] Engel formed the idea of The Kent Family Chronicles to coincide with the United States Bicentennial. It is estimated that author John Jakes earned nearly $1 million in royalties from his projects with Engel. [12] Other series produced by Engel include:
Nate Mucha accepts a City of Kent Economic Development Award presented to Each+Every design and development studio at the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce’s Tree City Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
Somerset family tree: Earls & Marquesses of Worcester, Dukes of Beaufort (illegitimate Plantagenets) Holland Family , earls and dukes of Kent and Exeter and their connections House of Tudor and the Wars of the Roses (simplified)