Jack Caldwell

Jack Caldwell is an author, amateur historian, professional economic developer, playwright, and like many Cajuns, a darn good cook. His nickname -- The Cajun Cheesehead -- came from his devotion to his two favorite NFL teams: the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers. (Every now and then, Jack has to play the DVD again to make sure the Saints really won in 2010.) Always a history buff, Jack found and fell in love with Jane Austen in his twenties, struck by her innate understanding of the human condition. Jack uses his work to share his knowledge of history. Through his characters, he hopes the reader gains a better understanding of what went on before, developing an appreciation for our ancestors' trials and tribulations. When not writing or traveling with his wife, Barbara, Jack attempts to play golf. A devout convert to Roman Catholicism, Jack is married with three grown sons.

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  1. The Launch of THE COMPANION OF HIS FUTURE LIFE — 107 comments
  2. THE LAUNCH OF THE PLAINS OF CHALMETTE — 57 comments
  3. Book Launch – Bourbon Street Nights: Volume One of Crescent City — 52 comments
  4. Launch of THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL — 51 comments

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Retrospective & Anticipation by Jack Caldwell

Retrospective & Anticipation – Jane Austen’s Fighting Men, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. This month, we Austen Variations authors are doing retrospectives of our work, focusing on 2020. A lousy year, to be sure, but I did publish TWO books and an audiobook! PERSUADED TO SAIL, a sequel to Persuasion, came out …

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Launch of Rosings Park

Launch of ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men, by Jack Caldwell Merry Christmas, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Years ago, back in the dark ages of JAFF, my beautiful wife Barbara challenged to write an Austenseque story. That story became THE THEE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. The story was audacious at the …

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Rosings Park preview #4 and cover reveal

Rosings Park preview #4 and cover reveal, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I’m a generous guy. back with Chapter 3 of ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. Post one may be found HERE, post two HERE, and post three HERE. You’ll remember from last time that things are not …

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Rosings Park preview #3

Rosings Park preview #3, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I’m back with Chapter 2 of ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. I hope you enjoyed the previous preview chapters. Post one may be found HERE and post two HERE. Last time, we had a glimpse of how things are …

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Rosings Park preview #2

Rosings Park preview #2, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I’m back with Chapter 1 of ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. Post one (which may be found HERE) gave some backstory as well as a couple of clues to not only this book but the upcoming BROTHER OF THE …

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Rosings Park preview #1

Rosings Park preview #1, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Finally, after over a decade of promises, I have completed my follow-up to THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. After much deliberation, I have entitled it ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. Just kidding. The first thing I came …

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Darcy and Elizabeth: The Wedding Night (past and future)

Darcy and Elizabeth: The Wedding Night (past and future), by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. The theme for this month is After the Wedding. The idea is for different Austen Variation authors showing the day or night after the wedding of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Today, it’s the Cajun Cheesehead’s turn. Oh boy. …

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Fantabulous Food, by Jack Caldwell

The Cajun Cheesehead says Jane Austen would have loved this, and so will you, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. The theme for this month is Fantabulous Food. Something a Cajun Cheesehead knows all about. After all, I live in a place that literally lives to eat. Now things over here really didn’t …

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Launch Day – Persuaded to Sail

Official Launch for PERSUADED TO SAIL, a sequel to Austen’s Persuasion, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I am proud to announce the release of my tenth novel, PERSUADED TO SAIL, a sequel to Austen’s Persuasion, Book Three of JANE AUSTEN’S FIGHTING MEN. In 2012, I published an audacious book: a joint sequel …

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Yet More Proposal Scenes by Jack Caldwell #3

Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. This month, our theme is “Will You?” That’s right, it’s a month full of proposals, the good, the bad, and the ugly! Most will probably melt your pudding, but you might just see a stinker in the bouquet. We all need to laugh, right? Okay, I didn’t write the above. …

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