by John Jakes · Dutton Adult · tapa dura · ISBN 9780525944379
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«American Dreams» is the historical novel by John Jakes, published by Dutton Adult in hardcover (464 pages, in English).
The story follows the children of a German immigrant family settled in Chicago between 1906 and 1917, in an era of great change. Among them are an actress in Hollywood, a filmmaker documenting World War I, and a young man who races cars for Henry Ford.
The work belongs to the Crown family saga, of which it is the second installment; it was published in 1998.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas set in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century.
John William Jakes was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others.
