00827nam a22001697a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021040002200062082002000084100001700104245007400121260004500195300001500240520037300255546001300628700001600641OSt20260504011505.0260504b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDWCL GS lib cOC   aFic. J25a 1980   aJakes, John   athe kent family chronicles volume VIIIb: the americans cJohn Jakes   aNew York bBook Creations, Inc. cc1980   a796 c18cm  aThe Americans (1980) is the eighth and final novel in John Jakes' Kent Family Chronicles, concluding the epic saga of an American dynasty set against the backdrop of the late 19th-century United States. The story focuses on the troubled generation following Gideon Kent, whose family fortune is fading as they struggle to find their place in a new, industrialized era.  aEnglish   aJohn Jakes