Chock-full of fascinating period detail, his captivating story brings to life the sounds, smells and tastes of turn-of-the-century America in a manner comparable to Michener's Hawaii and Doctorow's Ragtime. Jakes portrays the Crowns, leading civic figures in Chicago, moving among a crowd of influential and important people, including Jane Addams, Teddy Roosevelt and Eugene Debs. Pauli unexpectedly falls in love with Julie Vanderhoff, strong-willed daughter of a Chicago meat-packing millionaire who hates foreigners, further complicating the drama.
Surviving a long, perilous journey, Pauli meets his American relatives, among them Aunt Ilsa, whose progressive views cause almost as much friction in the family as eldest son Joe Jr.'s alliance with the socialist labor movement. When his consumptive aunt dies, the orphaned Pauli books steerage to America, hoping to be reunited with his wealthy uncle, Joseph Crown, who fought for the Union Army and now heads a brewery empire in Chicago. Urn:oclc:864444731 Scandate 20110910125620 Scanner bestselling author of North and South returns with a new first-rate historical series that begins in 1890s Berlin, where young Pauli Kroner ekes out a living as a kitchen helper in a posh hotel. OL56103W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 97.01 Pages 806 Ppi 650 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0816146365 Urn:lcp:heavenhell1988jake:epub:11c9b2b4-52c3-4ce8-9ae6-55779f0b3f60 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier heavenhell1988jake Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t83j4f78b Isbn 0440201705ĩ780440201700 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:heavenhell1988jake:lcpdf:b7990288-5526-4f6d-89de-f2d9d28da5c5 This item: (First Edition) Heaven and Hell Hardcover By John Jakes 1987 (North and South Trilogy) by john jakes Hardcover. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:51:36 Boxid IA119301 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor
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