Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jakes, the celebrated author known for his historical North and South trilogy that sold 10 million copies and became three ...

In his last novel, “The Gods of Newport,” author John Jakes described a chariot race through the streets of Newport, Rhode Island. The rich New Yorkers who summered in Newport in the late 1800s, ...

John Jakes, a famous historical fiction writer from Kettering, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Florida. He was 90. Although best known for his historical fiction, Jakes didn’t like to be ...

John Jakes, whose generational sagas set during the American Revolution and the Civil War sold millions of copies and earned him the title of “godfather of historical fiction,” died March 11 at a ...

The author known for writing historical fiction focusing on the American Revolution and the Civil War has died. Jakes’ lawyer and literary agent, Frank R. Curtis, confirmed his client died Saturday at ...

John Jakes, a superstar writer of historical fiction whose generational family sagas of the American Revolution and the Civil War mingled real and imaginary characters and became runaway bestsellers ...

DePauw lost a loyal and generous alum when John Jakes passed away March 11, 2023 at the age of 90. Jakes was born in Chicago in 1932 and spent most of his life pursuing his passion for writing. He was ...