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The Americans (Kent Family Chronicles)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451214904
ISBN: 0451214900
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 816
Publication Date: May 03, 2005
Publisher: Signet
Studio: Signet
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Editorial Review:
The Kent Family Chronicles conclude with Gideon Kent in failing health and his heirs unready to uphold the family legacy of service when their country needs them most.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An ok finish to a great series
I am sad the series is over but I am also happy. I am sad becouse I want to know what happens to the family in the future. I am happy it's over becouse by then end I was tired of reading the books they started to drag on. In the final book Carter Kent sets out across america in search of himself and riche's and gets in some bad sistuations.. Will Kent becomes a doctor. Eleanor Kent marries a Jewish actor. They end up in the middle of the Johnstown flood and it changes there lives forever. The book ... Read More
Rating: - A Grand Finale !!!
Book 8 in The Kent Family Chronicles neatly wraps up the family history in a most satisfying way.Carter Kent, son of Julia and Louis, shows some of the weakness of character of his father and becomes embroiled with shady, criminal types, forcing him to head for San Francisco where he becomes an off-sider to a powerful political boss. Will Kent follows his dream of becoming a doctor and after an initial inclination to concentrate on becoming rich and famous by marrying the promiscuous daughter of a ... Read More
Rating: - Disappointing end to an engaging series
In many ways, this is the least effective Kent book. Gideon Kent dominates the other characters, and his determination to see that his family and the Kent name continue into the future is his dominant motivation. He dies in the book's final pages on the cusp of the twentieth century, his dreams fulfilled. Unfortunately, his unpleasantness as a character--building from the previous Kent book The Lawless--is a serious drawback. Why is it when the Kent men grow up (Philip, Louis), they become such unpleasantly ... Read More
Rating: - Let's be realistic here ...
My father gave me all 8 books for Christmas in 1980. In 2002 I finally got around to reading them! All in all I loved them, but I think some of the praise in these reviews is way over the top. One big complaint I have is that each chapter title gives away what is coming, like the snippets of coming scenes in a mini-series before the commercial. I found it rather insulting. But my biggest complaint is that John Jakes is so blatantly homophobic that it would be laughable if there weren't still people in the world ... Read More
Rating:  - awesome, read all 8, the story gets better and better....
sorry it had to end. I would read another 8 volumns if he were to continue...i try to figure out which kent had the best life and which one had the most difficult....i welcome any feedback.
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