It took me a while before I connected with the characters, but the novel grew on me as it progressed.
The stories of the characters are interwoven well with the history of the time. The narrator was excellent and made listening better then reading. Since it was not a five star book, I will most likely not continue the series. He might be a little better then Jeff Shaara or Newt Gingrich. As much as I liked the book, I do not believe Jakes to be as good a story teller as Michael Shaara or Conn Iggulden. I will admit they spiced up the book, but they were very one dimensional. Another reviewer mentioned the four evil characters. THERE IS JUST ONE THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF WICKED MEN AND THAT IS FOR GOOD MEN TO REMAIN QUIET. I was shocked to her about a girl of the 1800's pulling a train. I did not realize just how much the South and North hated each other. I did not realize that Indians were made slaves as well as blacks. THE RACE IS TO THE DRIVEN, NOT THE SWIFT I enjoyed learning about life at West Point and about troopers stationed in the Wild West. I really got into it in chapter six and it was pretty good the rest of the way, with just an occasional flat spot. I love historical fiction, I hate dry history. The first five chapters reads a lot like a history book. I have to admit that it started out a little slow and after about three hours, I just about gave up on it. I rarely listened to something this long unless it can hold my attention. I listened to all 30 + hours of this, which says a lot. Having the superb Grover Gardner narrate is simply icing on a three layer cake.īUT NOT THE FACTS. Over the last 25 years I have read this trilogy three times and I have been waiting very impatiently for an audio version.
The tragedy of the Civil War is magnified as these two intimate companions choose sides, wish each other luck, and go to war. After that conflict the two friends are followed throughout the tumultuous 1850's, right up to the firing on Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War. Despite this, Main and Hazard become close friends during their time at West Point, as well during their service in the Mexican American war. The backgrounds of these two men are fraught with seemingly insurmountable differences. Hazard belongs to the industrial class of the mighty North, while Main is a member of the Southern caste of slave holding plantation owners. This first book tells the story of the close friendship the develops between George Hazard Of Pennsylvania and Orry Main of South Carolina. North and South is the first novel in John Jakes' trilogy of the American Civil War.
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