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Summary: good
Review: It is a good book on the last years of the 19th centery. I would like to know if there is going to be a followup to this book
Rating: 
Summary: Great Epic
Review: John Jakes has done it again with another great historical epic. The writing and images put the reader in that era. I felt like a part of the Crown family. It was a long book, but I could not put it down!
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Summary: Great read!!!!!!
Review: John Jakes has scored big on this one. This book is a real page turner! The characters are genuinely interesting and how they come together is amazing! John Jakes is a master. Can't wait to read the sequel. I never thought I could read a book that's 1200 pages, but this one doesn't seem nearly that big as you absorb every word late in the nite!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Best of mine so far.
Review: Of all the novels I've written, I consider
this the best (so far). Reviewers agreed.
The New York Times named it a "notable book"
of 1993. The sequel is in prepration.
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Summary: Be prepared for an enjoyable journey
Review: This book took me back in time to events that were very important in American History. I often find myself thinking that today's world offers many difficult and unique challenges; however reading "Homeland" helps me to remember how good, many of us have it now, in the twenty-first century. In the 1890's life was very proscribed for women and still very class-based. John Jakes manages to touch upon many very contemporary issues in an objective and interesting way while writing about history. I am delighted to have stumbled upon a new (to me) author and I look forward to reading his other works in times to come.
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Summary: Great historical fiction
Review: This is the first work of John Jakes that I have read and will definately look for his others.I have read similar novels abour immigrants and the turn of the century, but this one was of higher quality. Jales told a really good story with excellent character development. It is also the story of America in the 1890s and all the changes of that era. The characters are well drawn and interesting. I also liked that historical figures (Edison, Teddy Roosevelt, Clara Barton, Jane Addams) also wander in and out. The story is mostly the experiences of new German immigrant, Paul Crown. Paul is a truly interesting character and he really grows throughout the story. I look forward to reading the sequel becuase I was sorry when Homeland eneded......
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Summary: John Jakes does it again.
Review: Turn-of-the-century American political, social, urban, labor, popular, etc. history never made as much sense in school as in this novel. Paul Crown doesn't just observe the upheavals of his time, he lives them. Time and again, John Jakes proves that historical fiction can make history come to life more than any textbook ever could. The level of detail in this work, as in all of Jakes' novels, points to a commitment to solid historical research seldom seen in popular fiction. I await the next installment anxiously
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Summary: If you start this book, you won't be able to put it down!
Review: Very exciting book about the hardships of an immigrant's life. The best book he has ever written. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. It may be long, but in the end it is worth all the time. I hope he writes a second book about Paul Crown and his life. If he does I asure you I will be the first in line to buy it.
Nicole Snyder
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