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iron factory. The own the Hazard Iron company in Lehigh Pennsylvania.
rice. It is located near the Ashley river, somewhat near Charleston.
Stick and Stump. Orry was thin, George was short.
Bent. Elkannah Bent was a year ahead of George and Orry at West Point. He never seemed to go away.
pianos. She convinced him to start his own business and build sell pianos to saloons. His old employer wouldn't sell to anyone connected to prostitution.
one earring. Elkannah Bent stole the earring. Charles got it back from him after killing him.
Bison. He got it following a horrible haircut received by Billy Hazard.
she had a black ancestor. While she did commit adultery, that was not well known. It was the black great-grandmother that made society turn on her.
| In the first book, what is the main character's name before he changes it? | John Jakes novels
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printing house. Philip and his mother do run an inn in France, but once they emigrate to America Philip eventually runs a printing house.
Abraham. Anne died when Abraham was a toddler.
| Jephtha Kent was in what profession before he joined the family business? | John Jakes novels
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ministry. His faith was later restored and he eventually rejoined the ministry.
San Francisco. She was there around the gold boom time and started to rebuild the family fortune with gold revenues.
Civil War. He fought for the Confederecy.
Jared. He didn't really care about the money, preferring his frontier lifestyle. He later willed the money to his son Jephtha who let Amanda control it.
the Alamo. He was a soldier assigned to rounding up American survivors in the Alamo. She became his mistress. Louis was born after Luis died.
West Point Military Academy. George and Orry are the two main characters in "North and South". They meet at West Point, where they form a friendship that will link their two families for generations. The Hazards are ironworkers from Pennsylvania; the Mains own a rice plantation in South Carolina.
Elkanah Bent. Elkanah Bent takes an instant dislike to both Orry and George. When they succeed in getting him dismissed from the academy, he swears to take revenge on both their families, no matter how long he has to wait.
| When Orry is returning home from West Point, he stops to help a woman whose carriage has overturned in a ditch. What type of creature has gotten into the carriage? | "North and South" by John Jakes
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A snake. The woman in the carriage is Madeline Fabray. Orry falls in love with her, unaware that she is on her way to the nearby plantation, Resolute, where she is due to marry Justin LaMotte.
Maum Sally and Villefranche. Maum Sally and Villefranche are two of Madeline's servants.
A meteorite. George finds a small piece of meteorite, which he refers to as 'star iron'. It reminds him that iron can both create civilization and destroy it.
She's an Irish Catholic. George meets Constance at a dance in Texas, when he and Orry are on their way to fight in Mexico.
His arm. Orry loses his arm due to Elkanah Bent who sends him straight into an enemy ambush, hoping that he will be killed.
Annabel Lee. "It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know, by the name of Annabel Lee".
Orry and Madeline have to meet in secret because Madeline is married to Orry's neighbour, Justin LaMotte.
Fairlawn. The name 'Fairlawn' is chosen by Stanley and Isabel Hazard, because there is a large expanse of grass in front of the house.
Drunkenness. Priam is one of the Mains' slaves. On George's second visit to Mont Royal, he manages to escape from the plantation. George and Orry find him waiting for a train, and George convinces Orry to let him go.
Bunk and Bison. Billy's nickname is 'bunk' because according to Charles, he talks a lot of bunkum. Charles is known as 'bison' because of his long hair.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Cooper Main feels that the south should be looking to the future and developing industry, rather than concentrating on their past. Cooper is one of the main characters in the "North and South" trilogy, yet he doesn't appear at all in the TV mini-series.
Star Of Carolina. Cooper borrows almost two million dollars from George Hazard to build the "Star Of Carolina". However, due to the war, the ship is never completed.
Grady. Virgilia is an abolitionist who disapproves of the Mains and their way of life. The character is wonderfully portrayed in the TV series by Kirstie Alley.
Billy Hazard and Brett Main. At first Billy is interested in Brett's sister, Ashton, but after discovering her true character he realizes he prefers Brett.
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