Based on the best-selling novels by John Jakes, North And South premiered as a highly celebrated and critically acclaimed television series in 1985. In the spirit of Gone With The Wind, the novels cover 19th Century America before, during, and after the Civil War. As with the Margaret Mitchell classic, Jakes creates a larger-than-life cast of characters to tell his story of struggle between a Union of States divided on the issues of human bondage and states rights, loyalty to ones nation and loyalty to the state in which one was born, along with innumerable interpersonal conflicts lost in the sands of time To tell his story, Jakes uses two families, the Hazard family of Pennsylvania and the Main family of South Carolina.
Boasting a star-studded cast, North And South is over 1000 minutes of riveting drama. Multiple discs cover the Civil War era with breathtaking cinematography, realistic settings, and the ever-increasing cauldron of conflict between North and South. You wont want to miss this truly amazing series.
The North And South DVD covers all three books from the popular series, each a multi-disc set
Below is a less than comprehensive summary of each...