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During this time, he was also a member of the Swordsmen And Sorcerers' Guild Of America (SAGA) , a loose-knit group Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's '' Flashing Swords! '' anthologies.

He gained widespread popularity with the publication of his Bicentennial Series of books in the mid to late 1970s. He has since published several more popular works of historical fiction, most dealing with American History .


MAINSTREAM NOVELS

  • ''A Night For Treason'' (1956)

  • ''Wear A Fast Gun'' (1956)

  • ''The Devil Has Four Faces'' (1958)

  • ''The Seventh Man'' (1958)

  • ''I, Barbarian'' (1959) (as Jay Scotland)

  • ''Johnny Havoc'' (1960)

  • ''Sir Scoundrel'' (1962) (As Jay Scotland)

  • ''Making It Big'' aka ''Johnny Havoc And The Siren In Red'' (1968)

  • ''Susanna Of The Alamo'' (1986)

  • ''California Gold'' (1989)

  • ''Homeland'' (1993)

  • ''American Dreams'' (1998)

  • ''On Secret Service'' (2000)

  • ''The Bold Frontier'' (2001)

  • ''Charleston'' (2002)

  • ''Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln'' (2004)

  • The Bicentennial Series

  • --- ''The Bastard'' (1974)

  • --- ''The Rebels'' (1975)

  • --- ''The Seekers'' (1975)

  • --- ''The Furies'' (1976)

  • --- ''The Titans'' (1976)

  • --- ''The Warriors'' (1977)

  • --- ''The Lawless'' (1978)

  • --- ''The Americans'' (1979)


  • The '' North And South '' Trilogy

  • --- ''North and South'' (1982)

  • --- ''Love and War'' (1984)

  • --- ''Heaven and Hell'' (1987)



SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

  • ''The Asylum World'' (1969)

  • ''The Hybrid'' (1969)

  • ''The Last Magicians'' (1969)

  • ''The Planet Wizard'' (1969)

  • ''Secrets Of Stardeep'' (1969)

  • ''Tonight We Steal the Stars'' (1969)

  • ''Mask of Chaos'' (1970)

  • ''Six-Gun Planet'' (1970)

  • ''Black in Time'' (1970)

  • ''Mention My Name in Atlantis'' (1972)

  • ''Time Gate'' (1972)

  • ''Witch Of The Dark Gate'' (1972)

  • ''Excalibur'' (1985) with Gil Kane


  • The ''Brak the Barbarian'' series

  • --- ''Brak the Barbarian'' (1968)

  • --- ''Brak the Barbarian: The Mark of Demons'' (1969)

  • --- ''Brak the Barbarian: The Sorceress'' (1969)

  • --- ''Brak: When Idols Walked'' (1978)

  • --- ''The Fortunes of Brak'' (1980)



NONFICTION

  • ''Famous Firsts In Sports'' (1967)

  • ''Great War Correspondents'' (1967))

  • ''Great Women Reporters'' (1969)

  • ''Mohawk: The Life Of Joseph Brant'' (1969)



COLLECTIONS

  • ''The Best of John Jakes'' (1977)

  • ''In The Big Country'' (1993) (short stories)


''The Bastard'' was adapted as a television miniseries by Universal Pictures Television as the first offering of the highly successful syndicated package, ''Operation Prime Time'' ( 1978 ). The ''North and South'' trilogy was made into three Miniseries on ABC in the 1980s and 1990s.


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