Homeland (1993)

by John Jakes

Series: Crown Family Saga (1)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
306	1	33,161	(3.8)	8

Add to your library

Add to wishlist

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

Liz9592, Mirkwood, beanwarrow, Cathyvil, slvoight, ReadingIsGroovy, CityofTualatin, edgarthepartyman, hagtvedt, GregTom

numbers

show all

▾Tags

1999 (2) 20th century (2) Adult Fiction (3) America (4) American fiction (2) American History (3) basement (2) Chicago (8) Crown Family (3) family (3) fiction (39) first edition (2) Germany (3) hardcover (3) historical (7) historical fiction (44) historical novel (3) history (2) immigration (4) John Jakes (2) literature (2) novel (5) own (3) paperback (2) read (6) saga (2) to-read (2) turn of the century (2) unread (2) USA (3)

▾LibraryThing recommendations

American Dreams by John Jakes (1995)
The Americans by John Jakes (1980)
Same series: The Furies, The Lawless (The American Bicentennial Series)
California Gold by John Jakes (1989)
Tapestry by Belva Plain (1988)
Legacy by James A. Michener (1987)

Texas by James A. Michener (1985)
The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch (1984)
Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons (1998)
The Hope by Herman Wouk (1993)
Caribbean by James A. Michener (1989)

see more recommendations for this work

refresh

▾Member recommendations

None.

▾Will you like it?

▾Member reviews

I urge anyone with any interest in American history to delve into this must read from John Jakes. It is a long epic of a story spanning about 10 years between 1893 and 1903. It tells the story of a young German immigrant, Paul, who comes to America with high hopes of a bright future. The reader is pulled into the lives of Paul and his friends (and enemies) and family. I couldn't put this book down and I'm sure you won't be able to either. The sequel is called American Dreams. (

)

northandsouth | Aug 17, 2006 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

▾Work-to-work relationships

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Crown Family Saga (1)

Canonical title

Homeland

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Important events

Columbian Exposition

Pullman Strike (1894)

Related movies

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1993)

Epigraph

Dedication

Dedicated to my grandfather
William Carl Retz
b. Neuenstadt-am-Kocher, 1849
d. Terre Haute, Indiana, 1936

There is a photo of him in old age,
handsome still with his white imperial,
seated in dappled sunlight
with a small boy on his knee.
I remember that day, or one like it;
the sunlight, and a copy of Argosy
with a bright yellow cover
lying nearby. My grandfather
loved good stories.

In loving memory.

First words

HE THOUGHT, WHERE'S MY HOME? IT ISN'T HERE.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Publisher series

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Billy Sunday

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary

▾Book descriptions

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451198425, Mass Market Paperback)

In Homeland, internationally acclaimed bestselling author John Jakes brings to life an epic saga of the American immigrant experience in this story of a family dynasty in turmoil at the dawn of a new century. From the uncontrolled chaos of Chicago's infamous Pullman Strike, to the birth of the moving picture, and the bloody carnage of the Spanish-American War, the Crown family raced with the currents of a changing world-and their own limitless desires-and claimed America as their own....

(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:07:03 -0500)

(see all 5 descriptions)

▾Library descriptions

A powerful family, the Crowns of Chicago, contends with the forces of history during the decades of 1890-1900.