I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university.

It was followed by "The Rebels" (1979) and "The Seekers" (1979). Bibliography


Mainstream novels


The Kent Family Chronicles

The Bastard (1974)
The Rebels (1975)
The Seekers (1975)
The Furies (1976)
The Titans (1976)
The Warriors (1977)
The Lawless (1978)
The Americans (1979)


The North and South trilogy

North and South (1982)
Love and War (1984)
Heaven and Hell (1987)


The Crown Family Saga
Homeland (1993)
American Dreams (1998)


Other
A Night For Treason (1956)
Wear A Fast Gun (1956)
The Devil Has Four Faces (1958)
The Seventh Man (1958)
I Barbarian (1959) (as Jay Scotland)
Johnny Havoc (1960)
Sir Scoundrel (1962) (as Jay Scotland)
Arena (1963) (as Jay Scotland)
Making It Big aka Johnny Havoc And The Siren In Red (1968)
California Gold (1989)
In The Big Country (1993) later reissued as The Bold Frontier (2001)
On Secret Service (2000)
Charleston (2002)
Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Civil War which sold 10 million copies and was turned into an ABC-TV miniseries.

John William Jakes (also known as Jay Scotland born on March 31 1932) is an American writer best known for American historical fiction.