With [the] sixth installment of his American Bicentennial Series Jakes hits stride in ["The Warriors"]…. As he writes about the South's defeat in the Civil War, the laying of the transcontinental railroad, Indian troubles, the Robber Barons, readers are caught up in the genuine drama of events. This is a somber novel, conveying the enmity, fear and misunderstanding which followed the Civil War, as the Southern branch of the Kent family emerges scarred from battle…. More strongly than ever—and at greater length with 671 pages—Jakes proves his special talent for popularizing history. (pp. 81-2)

A review of "The Warriors," in Publishers Weekly (reprinted from the February 14, 1977 issue of Publishers Weekly, published by R. R. Bowker Company, a Xerox company; copyright © 1977 by Xerox Corporation), Vol. 211, No. 7, February 14, 1977, pp. 81-2.