SERIES OF THE MONTH
Ready for a blast
from the past? Some of you will remember this series. Some of you
remember your parents reading this series. Some of you were not born yet
when it was popular.
For those of you who were not alive at the time, the years leading up to the
celebration of America’s Bicentennial were a heady time. Parties,
parades, celebrations, events were all being planned to mark Our Nation’s 200th
birthday on July 4, 1976 and during all of the pre-planning hoopla burst onto
the page…
The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes
Also known as The
American Bicentennial Series, John Jakes wrote this series of best-selling
books, with no title in the series selling less than 3.5 million books.
Yes, you could say they were a national and international phenomenon.
Released from 1974-1979, The Kent Family Chronicles began the story of Phillipe
Charboneau, a young Frenchman who travelled to England in the novel The Bastard
after finding he is the illegitimate son of an English Duke. He takes his
father’s surname and becomes Phillip Kent, then travelling to the colony of
America while intermingling with historical figures. The rest of the
books in the series follow the adventures of the Kent family through the
generations as they integrate themselves into their new country and help shape
the history which proudly leads us to call ourselves Americans.
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