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"A powerful family whose tragedies and triumphs define a nation and an era: this is the hallmark of the novels that have established John Jakes as master of the historical saga. In Homeland, Jakes has created an enthralling new dynasty - the Crowns of Chicago - contending with the awesome forces of history. Homeland is a towering epic of the immigrant adventure in America that calls to mind the rich tradition of Dreiser, Steinbeck, and Dos Passos. It pulses with a vast gallery of characters Dickensian in their vitality and distinctiveness. Among the major and supporting cast are: Paul Crown, a Berlin street boy who immigrates to America, to be caught up by the wonders of the motion pictures, and by Julie Vanderhoff, endangered daughter of a Chicago-stockyards tycoon; Joseph Crown, Paul's German-born uncle, ex-Civil War soldier and iron-willed beer baron; Ilsa, Joseph's wife, torn between old ways and the "new women" of her era; Joe Junior, the Crowns' oldest son - rebellious, drawn to the socialist movement his father hates; Rose French, tough-minded daughter of a railway worker, who tries to claw her way into high society; Julie's Aunt Willis, a fiercely emancipated woman, always involved with a new lover; and raffish, profane Colonel Sid Shadow, a born tinkerer and promoter, who sees the true potential of the movies as a mass medium. Into the lives of these characters are woven the real stories of real people: labor leader Eugene Debs; ambitious Theodore Roosevelt; ruthless Thomas Edison; two strong-willed spinsters who changed the roles of American women forever, Clara Barton of the Red Cross and Jane Addams of Hull House; young Black Jack Pershing; the aging Buffalo Bill; and more. Spanning a turbulent watershed decade in world history, 1890-1900, the action sweeps from Europe to America and across the length and breadth of a nation exploding with technological change, rapacious greed, social protest, vice, political corruption, class warfare - a nation ultimately swept up into a "splendid little war" with Cuba, and into world power in a new century where the shadow of German imperialism looms."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
| ISBN-13 | 9780385417242 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0385417241 |
| Weight | 2.70 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.50 x 2.00 x 9.50 In |
| List Price | $25.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Pages | 800 pages |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Published On | 1993-06-01 |
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