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  <title><![CDATA[North and South (North and South Trilogy Series)]]></title>
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  <default_description>When their two sons meet as West Point cadets, the southern, plantation-owning Main family and the industrialist Hazards of Pennsylvania find their lives interlocked, as the nation moves toward Civil War.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1982</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Jakes]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 24 15:25:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 06 07:49:07 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned about this book, and the other two that compose this series, by chance. I was watching TV when I came across its adaptation, which my parents remembered of seeing it and, tried to portray the American Civil War. Since I know little about it, I thought it would be interesting reading it.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13437933">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Dec 06 16:30:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every time I go to Boothbay Harbor in Maine I hit the porch of the building next to the library. They have hundreds of books there, and the recommended donation is ten cents per book. At that price, I can buy all sorts of stuff that I'd never buy otherwise!<br/><br/>One of the books I picked up la...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39359971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47272615">
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 23 11:30:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 11:35:28 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big John Jakes fan and he has written a masterful trilogy on the American Civil War.  Any of John Jakes books are both educational and entertaining.]]></body>
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    <review id="42844701">
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 17:51:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great historical fiction novel. John Jakes is the best historial fiction writer.]]></body>
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    <review id="65630884">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 31 03:36:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 03:52:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you saw the movie, wipe it from your mind and then read this trilogy! <br/><br/>All the characters are so real. You may not know what they are going to do but it sure makes sense when they do it. In the beginning you meet 2 young West Point cadets. These men and their families you will follow f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65630884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69661516">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 05:19:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 10 06:28:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, the first 150 pages of this took me FOREVER to read. I just couldn't get into it, couldn't remember who was who and just felt generally kind of overwhelmed at the idea of reading 800 more pages of this...<br/><br/>All at once, it picked up for me and I read the last 650 pages in just a couple ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69661516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63430171">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 14 08:11:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 06:47:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for a challenge because one of my friends on good reads disliked it. <br/><br/>Overall, I enjoyed it. It had interesting characters and an engaging story line. It all gives the reader an understanding of what circumstances were like in America, socially and politically, before the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63430171">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68263412">
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    <location><![CDATA[Aiea, HI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 17:57:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 17:57:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was the mini series that set me out to tackle this read.  Unfortunately, as can happen in rare instances, the movie was better. The screen captured the characters unlike the author who fell a bit short.  You just didn't care as much.  Though the point of the war was well taken in this historical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68263412">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59128221">
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    <location><![CDATA[Sandy, UT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 06:12:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 10 06:17:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was the mini series that set me out to tackle this read.  Unfortunately, as can happen in rare instances, the movie was better. The screen captured the characters unlike the author who fell a bit short.  You just didn't care as much.  Though the point of the war was well taken in this historical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59128221">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59128221]]></url>
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    <review id="29027337">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 01 20:21:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 01 20:35:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in 1985, just after the airing of the cheesily awesome miniseries based on the novel. (One of my fondest memories was of my Grandmother's reaction when she learned I was reading this book as a young junior high student. At first, she was shocked that I was reading something with a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29027337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39162847">
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 19:47:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best trilogy and most accurate to history that I've ever read.  The North and South make Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Grant feel as though they are standing right beside you speaking eloquently about their bravery, courageous acts, and talents.  The love, betrayals, and sacrifices in thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39162847">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45199179">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 17:55:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eventhough I have a college degree in history, I think anyone can pick up this book centered around 2 brothers during Civil War time and really enjoy it.  I didn't want to finish the book...until I found out there was a follow on. There are 3 in the series, and they are really good.]]></body>
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    <review id="14414150">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 02 20:09:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 02 20:12:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to read this series of books after watching the TV mini-series based on them.  I've been captivated by the stories since I originally saw the movies.  Of course, books are always better, and this time was no exception.  This is the part of the series that introduces us to the Mains of South...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14414150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75958637">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned a lot about the Civil War from this book. His research is very well done and it was a compelling read! Not for the faint of heart in length or content, but well worth the effort. i love a book that is interesting and leaves me feeling better educated.]]></body>
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    <review id="49774496">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[During my pre-kid days, I commuted 2 hours a day on a bus and read tons of books.  I really liked the North and South trilogy and am thinking about reading them again.  The TV mini-series didn't do the books justice, but you gotta love Patrick Swayze.  Wow!]]></body>
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    <review id="47890877">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Mar 01 10:02:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this as a teenager, I loved the intricate romance of it. I was looking to continue the world created by Margaret Mitchell in <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18405.Gone_With_The_Wind" title="Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell">Gone with the Wind</a></em>. However, even then I think I realized it was more of a soap opera, and did not give me the satisfaction I was looking for. It was just too sensatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47890877">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76774321">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 20:55:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 04 20:58:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have always loved John Jakes novels.  Netflix has finally brought me the mini-series that I remember watching under the covers on a tiny TV when I was supposed to be sleeping!  I read the trilogy when I was around 9 years old or so.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went through a SERIOUS John Jakes obsession in high school/college.  I hadn't thought of them in YEARS until I saw the list about &quot;best Civil War books&quot;.  Maybe I'll re-read them!!!!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love the series &amp; book. I liked Cooper &amp; wish he'd been in the enture show. I've read this once &amp; tried to read it again, but I stopped about a 300 to 2350 pages from the end.]]></body>
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