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Essay Archive - John Jake's Homeland: A Review
John Jake's Homeland: A Review
Homeland, John Jake's formidable novel about the final explosive
events of the nineteenth century, in the first in a series that will focus
attention on a new "Jakes" family, the Crowns.
Multiple characters and settings at the norm for Jakes; however,
this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown, a young German immigrant.
Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty, and political upheaval
only to face problems of equal magnitude in America.
Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing, Paul arrives at Ellis
Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He ....
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