The Seekers (Kent Family Chronicles)

by John Jakes

Book Overview

Abraham Kent leaves Boston to find his destiny on America's frontier in this saga by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of North and South. Continuing the saga of the Kent family, John Jakes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451212495
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.4" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

History made interesting

Exciting and historical. Extensive research. Would have been just as interesting without the typical foul language.

Better then the first two...The stories finally unfold

I really like The Bastard and I gave it 4 out of 5 and then the second book The Rebels was good but not as good as the first and I gave it 4 out of 5 becouse it was still a great book. Then the third vol in the Kent family is The Seekers and it's the best one yet. Finally the stories unfold and the charactors finally develope. Abraham Kent marries is hald sister and moves to the west. I really liked the store of Abraham in the west with there encounter witht he Indians and the strugles. You see the down fall of many characters you fell in love with in the first two books. In the middle things change and new stories begen to unfold which I liked. Then the book ends with a kinda of cliffhanger which makes you cant wait to read the next books. The best in the series so far and I cant wait to read the rest.

Not as engrossing as the others

This is book Three in the Kent Family series and a necessary one, if not thoroughly engrossing one, of the series. It continues the story of the Kent Family and fills in necessary holes that you won't get from reading Book Four of the series. This one is about Abraham who falls in love with his step-sister, daughter of Peggy McLean and Justin Fletcher, from book two, and of their son, Jared, and his cousin, Amanda, daughter of Abraham's brother, Gilead and his mean-minded wife, Harriet. Abraham and Elizabeth tried to make their fortune in the Wild West which was Ohio then ~~ only to lose everything when an Indian killed Elizabeth. The story then focuses on Jared, who was dumped on his uncle's household and made to feel unwelcomed and unloved. This book also describes how the Kent Family lost their printing business that Philip Kent had worked so hard to build up from the ashes of Revolutionary War. It is a short book ~~ necessary and entertaining in some spots ~~ but filled with historical antedotes in between the War of 1812 and before the Mexican war. This one is about Jared. Book Four is about Amanda. I don't regret reading this one at all ~~ it's interesting enough. 1-3-05

The saga continues.

Book 3 of The Kent Family Chronicles covers the period following the War of Independence.Jared Kent,son of Abraham Kent, the main protagonist of Book 2 "The Rebel",is left in Boston in the care of his uncle,Gilbert Kent, younger half-brother of Abraham and Gilbert's wife Harriet, a mean minded woman who resents Gilbert's affection for his nephew.Jared's only friend is his cousin Amanda who is several years his junior.After Gilbert's death, Harriet marries a fortune hunting gambler who not only gambles away all the family's money but who make improper advances to the 10 year old Amanda.Jared is forced to protect Amanda and wrongly believes that he has killed a man in self defence.On the same night Harriet is killed under the wheels of a carriage forcing Jared and Amanda to run away and begin an incredible journey-by foot-across country to Tennessee.They fall victim to a bogus preacher who kidnaps Amanda and sells her to an Indian tribe.Jared at once begins the near impossible task of finding and rescuing her.

Weaker entry

Have thoroughly enjoyed the Kent series. However, this was the least enjoyable of the series. You need to read it for continunity; however, it does drag at spots. Abraham is not one of Jakes' better characters.