John Jakes (1932-2023)
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DePauw lost a loyal and generous alum when John Jakes passed away March 11, 2023 at the age of 90.
John Jakes, a superstar writer of historical fiction whose generational family sagas of the American Revolution and the Civil War mingled real and imaginary characters and became runaway bestsellers and popular television fare, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. He was 90.
His novels told the story of significant events, including the American Revolution and Civil War through the lives of fictional characters
His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon of big-name authors.