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Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century

Hardcover:

9780783803791 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, November 1, 1998), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The author of the bestselling "Kent Family Chronicles" continues the fascinating story of the Crown family dynasty in Chicago.
9780525944379 | E P Dutton, July 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century

Paperback:

9780451197016 | Signet, July 1, 1999, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787117337 | Abridged edition (Dove Entertainment Inc, July 1, 1998), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century.

Prebinding:

9780613163170 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.45 | About this edition: Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century

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At the turn of the century, failing health makes Gideon Kent fear for the future of his family dynasty, for his daughter Eleanor, an actress, and his sons, Carter, a con man, and Will, who was scarred by his mother's breakdown. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780451214904 | Reprint edition (Signet, May 1, 2005), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: At the turn of the century, failing health makes Gideon Kent fear for the future of his family dynasty, for his daughter Eleanor, an actress, and his sons, Carter, a con man, and Will, who was scarred by his mother's breakdown.
9780515091335, titled "Americans" | Reprint edition (Jove Pubns, January 1, 1993), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: At the turn of the century, failing health makes Gideon Kent fear for the future of his family dynasty, for his daughter Eleanor, an actress, and his sons, Carter, a con man, and Will, who was scarred by his mother's breakdown

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781578151677 | Abridged edition (Media Books Llc, July 1, 2000), cover price $12.99
9781564310705 | Sunset Productions, January 1, 1995, cover price $25.00

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Product Description: In the 1960's John Jakes, the best-selling author of The Kent Family Chronicles and The North and South Trilogy and who has been bestowed the title -the godfather of the historical novel,- wrote ARENA under the penname Jay Scotland...read more

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9781587541179 | Olmstead Pr, December 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In the 1960's John Jakes, the best-selling author of The Kent Family Chronicles and The North and South Trilogy and who has been bestowed the title -the godfather of the historical novel,- wrote ARENA under the penname Jay Scotland.

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The illegitimate son of a British nobleman journeys to America where he finds a true passion for life under the tutelage of Benjamin Franklin and works at a printing house where he discovers the radical writings of Sam Adams, leading him to the battlefields of the Revolutionary War. Reissue.

Paperback:

9780451211033 | Reissue edition (Signet, January 1, 2004), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The illegitimate son of a British nobleman journeys to America where he finds a true passion for life under the tutelage of Benjamin Franklin and works at a printing house where he discovers the radical writings of Sam Adams, leading him to the battlefields of the Revolutionary War.
9780515099270 | Reissue edition (Jove Pubns, June 1, 1996), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The illiterate son of a French nobleman flees Europe to join in the turbulent events that began the American Revolution

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781564310576, titled "Bastard" | Sunset Productions, September 1, 1993, cover price $25.00
9780783811017 | Unabridged edition (G K Hall Audio Books, November 1, 1992), cover price $100.95 | About this edition: Book by Jakes, John

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Product Description: Set against the colorful tumult of events that gave rise to our fledgling nation, this novel of romance and adventure introduces Phillipe Charboneau.The illegitimate son of an English nobleman, Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the men who set our course for freedom...read more

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781578151608 | Abridged edition (Media Books Llc, July 1, 2000), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Set against the colorful tumult of events that gave rise to our fledgling nation, this novel of romance and adventure introduces Phillipe Charboneau.

Paperback:

9781557850089 | Reprint edition (Bart Books, January 1, 1988), cover price $2.95

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Updated with three new stories, a collection of Old West short stories features the tale of a sheriff facing a hardened killer, a resourceful woman who saves a rebel from a bitter life, and a ruthless gunman who meets his match in a three-year-old girl. Originally published as In the Big Country. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780451204196 | Signet, September 1, 2001, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Updated with three new stories, a collection of Old West short stories features the tale of a sheriff facing a hardened killer, a resourceful woman who saves a rebel from a bitter life, and a ruthless gunman who meets his match in a three-year-old girl.

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Product Description: A warrior forced to battle the evil that thwarts his destiny, Brak must combat sorcery and plagues as he journeys south to Khurdisan. Before reaching this paradise city, he must hack his way through the obstacle after obstacle as he passes through unknown lands...read more

Paperback:

9780759226821, titled "Brak the Barbarian" | E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd, November 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A warrior forced to battle the evil that thwarts his destiny, Brak must combat sorcery and plagues as he journeys south to Khurdisan.
9780505516503 | Dorchester Pub Co Inc, June 1, 1981, cover price $2.25 | also contains Arbeit, Migration Und Soziale Arbeit: Prozesse Der Marginalisierung in Modernen Arbeitsgesellschaften | About this edition: A warrior forced to battle the evil that thwarts his destiny, Brak must combat sorcery and plagues as he journeys south to Khurdisan.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781564311054, titled "Brak the Barbarian" | Unabridged edition (Sunset Productions, May 1, 1994), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A warrior forced to battle the evil that thwarts his destiny, Brak must combat sorcery and plagues as he journeys south to Khurdisan.

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In 1886, eighteen-year-old James Macklin Chance journeys from Pennsylvania to California to make a new life for himself, finding love, power, and fortune in Southern California. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780394561066 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In 1886, eighteen-year-old Mack Chance journeys from Pennsylvania to California to make a new life for himself, finding fortune, love, and power in Southern California, in a novel that spans from late-nineteenth-century San Francisco to 1921

Paperback:

9780451203977 | Reissue edition (Signet, August 1, 2001), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: In 1886, eighteen-year-old James Macklin Chance journeys from Pennsylvania to California to make a new life for himself, finding love, power, and fortune in Southern California.
9780345369437 | Ballantine Books, September 1, 1990, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: In 1886, eighteen-year-old Mack Chance journeys from Pennsylvania to California to make a new life for himself, finding love, power, and fortune in Southern California

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394577326 | Unabridged edition (Random House, September 1, 1989), cover price $16.00 | also contains The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire

Prebinding:

9781417618248 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $16.65 | About this edition: James Macklin Chase was a poor Pennsylvanian who dreamed of making it rich in California.
9780785773986 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.45 | About this edition: In 1886, eighteen-year-old Mack Chance journeys from Pennsylvania to California to make a new life for himself, finding love, power, and fortune in Southern California

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Western writers old and new grace this sweeping collection, with stories by Owen Wister, Louis L'Amour, Zane Gray, Loren Estleman, Elmer Kelton, and other notable authors. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By John Jakes (editor)

Hardcover:

9780312869861 | Forge, April 1, 2000, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Presents western stories by both legendary and contemporary authors of the genre, such as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Loren Estleman, Marcia Muller, and Bill Pronzini.

Paperback:

9780312869854 | Reprint edition (Forge, June 23, 2001), cover price $22.99 | About this edition: Western writers old and new grace this sweeping collection, with stories by Owen Wister, Louis L'Amour, Zane Gray, Loren Estleman, Elmer Kelton, and other notable authors.

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Follows the experiences of the aristocratic Bell family from the American Revolution, through turbulent antebellum years, to the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power. Read by Dylan Baker. Book available.

Hardcover:

9781587243554 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, December 1, 2002), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.
9780525946502 | E P Dutton, August 1, 2002, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.

Miscellaneous:

9780743561662 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster, July 1, 2006), cover price $17.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9780743569446 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster, November 6, 2007), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.
9780743526302 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, August 1, 2002), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781402533310 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, July 1, 2003), cover price $59.95
9780743526289 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, August 1, 2002), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.

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Follows the experiences of the aristocratic Bell family from the American Revolution, through turbulent antebellum years, to the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780451207333 | Signet, July 1, 2003, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously guard their privilege and power.

Hardcover:

9780727859662 | Severn House Pub Ltd, May 1, 2004, cover price $55.01

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A collection of ghost stories centered around the War Between the States features tales by John Jakes, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Ambrose Bierce, and others

Paperback:

9780874831733 | August House Pub Inc, May 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of ghost stories centered around the War Between the States features tales by John Jakes, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Ambrose Bierce, and others

Product Description: Book by Jakes, John

Hardcover:

9780786231577 | Five Star, July 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by Jakes, John

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Paperback:

9781583420126 | Dramatic Pub Co, June 1, 2000, cover price $7.50

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Paperback:

9780440122135 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, January 1, 1985), cover price $3.95

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Featuring contributions from such legendary Western writers as John Jakes, Elmer Kelton, and Robert J. Randisi, this collection takes readers to the funeral of notorious lawman, outlaw, and gunslinger Tanner Moody where enemies and friends alike recount stories that recreate Moody's colorful life.

Paperback:

9781428517967 | Dorchester Pub Co Inc, August 7, 2012, cover price $14.00
9780843952247 | Dorchester Pub Co Inc, July 1, 2004, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Featuring contributions from such legendary Western writers as John Jakes, Elmer Kelton, and Robert J.

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Newly widowed, Amanda Kent, a brave young woman raised by the Teton Sioux, after witnessing the horrors of war at the Alamo, is indentured to a Mexican officer and longs to return home to Boston and restore her family's legacy. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780451212832 | Signet, September 1, 2004, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Newly widowed, Amanda Kent, a brave young woman raised by the Teton Sioux, after witnessing the horrors of war at the Alamo, is indentured to a Mexican officer and longs to return home to Boston and restore her family's legacy.
9780515091571 | Reissue edition (Jove Pubns, November 1, 1989), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Will be shipped from US.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781578151639 | Abridged edition (Media Books Llc, July 1, 2000), cover price $12.99
9781564310651 | Sunset Productions, June 1, 1992, cover price $25.00

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Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late-nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781597223294 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, November 8, 2006), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman.
9780525949763 | E P Dutton, November 7, 2006, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman.

Paperback:

9780451222343 | Reprint edition (Signet, October 2, 2007), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman.

Miscellaneous:

9780743565219 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, November 1, 2006), cover price $17.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9780743565202 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, November 7, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman.

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An anthology of nineteen short works about the American West includes the writings of such popular authors as Louis L'Amour, John Jakes, Loren D. Estleman, Bill Pronzini, Evan Hunter, and Marcia Muller.

Hardcover:

9781556114816 | Donald I Fine, February 1, 1996, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: An anthology of nineteen short works about the American West includes the writings of such popular authors as Louis L'Amour, John Jakes, Loren D.

Forced to accept repossession jobs in order to earn some money, Johnny Havoc, a private detective, accidentally stumbles upon a suburban home being used as a front for a gang of criminals

Hardcover:

9780922890231 | Reprint edition (Armchair Detective Library, December 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Forced to accept repossession jobs in order to earn some money, Johnny Havoc, a private detective, accidentally stumbles upon a suburban home being used as a front for a gang of criminals

Paperback:

9780792710912 | Large print edition (John Curley & Assoc, February 1, 1992), cover price $16.95

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The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War

Hardcover:

9780517696804 | Outlet, November 1, 1989, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War
9780816146352 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, November 1, 1988), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War

Paperback:

9780451236029 | Reprint edition (New Amer Library, May 3, 2011), cover price $17.00
9780451200839 | Signet, June 1, 2000, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War as Reconstruction and old hatreds continue to tear apart a nation recovering from bloody conflict.
9780816146369 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, October 1, 1988), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War
9780440201700 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1988), cover price $6.99 | also contains The Big Book of Restorative Justice: Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One Volume | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787118808 | Abridged edition (Dove Entertainment Inc, December 1, 1999), cover price $18.50 | About this edition: The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina struggle through the turbulent decade following the Civil War.
9780394563558 | Abridged edition (Random House, October 1, 1987), cover price $16.00 | also contains Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South

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