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Noel B. Gerson

Noel Bertram Gerson (1914-1988) was an American writer known for his extensive work in historical fiction and non-fiction. A highly prolific author, he penned numerous biographies and biographical novels about various historical figures, including Theodore Roosevelt, John Hancock, Sam Houston, Andrew Johnson, Henry Hudson, Mary Shelley, Captain John Smith, and many others. He also wrote Western fiction under the pseudonyms Donald Clayton Porter and Dana Fuller Ross. His novels "55 Days at Peking" and "The Naked Maja" were adapted into films. Gerson published his first novel, "The Mohawk Ladder" (also known as "Sword of Fortune"), in 1951. Below is a list of his books in the order of their initial release, including all of his pseudonyms.

Noel B. Gerson became a published novelist in 1951 with the novel The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune. Below is a list of Noel B. Gerson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Savage Gentleman / Savage Cavalier (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Cumberland Rifles (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Golden Eagle (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Impostor (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Port Royal (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Scimitar (As: Samuel Edwards) (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Forest Lord (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Highwayman (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
That Egyptian Woman (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
When the Wind Blows (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Conqueror's Wife (As: Samuel Edwards) (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Daughter of Eve (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Silver Lion (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Devil's Prize (As: Samuel Edwards) (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Invincibles (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Charlatan (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Naked Maja (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Wilderness (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Yankee From Tennessee (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Nelson Touch (As: Paul Lewis) (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Daughter of Gascony (As: Samuel Edwards) (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Yankee Brig (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Gentle Fury (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Valley Forge (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The White Plume (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Branded Bride (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Emperor's Ladies (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Scoundrel's Brigade (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Master of Castile (As: Samuel Edwards) (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Hittite (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Land is Bright (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Golden Lyre (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
55 days at Peking (As: Samuel Edwards) (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Trojan (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Yankee Rascals (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Old Hickory (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Slender Reed (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Dragon Cove (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Magnificent Adventures of Henry Hudson (As: Philip Vail) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Roanoke Warrior (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Give Me Liberty (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Mr. Madison's War (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Fortress Fury (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Anthem (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
I'll Storm Hell (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Silver Saber (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sam Houston (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Split Bamboo (As: Leon Phillips) (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Jefferson Square (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The River Devils (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Golden Ghetto (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Seneca Hostage (As: Carter A. Vaughan) (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Theodora (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Clear for Action! (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Crusader: A Novel on the Life of Margaret Sanger (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Divine Mistress (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
TR: A Biographical Novel About Theodore Roosevelt (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Warhead (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Island in the Wind (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Talk Show (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Mirror, Mirror (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Temptation to Steal (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Double Vision (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
State Trooper (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Exploiters (As: Samuel Edwards) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Caves of Guernica (As: Samuel Edwards) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
All That Glitters (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Neptune (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Special Agent (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Liner (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Smugglers (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Queen's Husband (As: Samuel Edwards) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The King's Messenger (As: Samuel Edwards) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Yankee (As: Dana Fuller Ross) (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Pony Express (As: Donald Clayton Porter) (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Yankee Rogue (As: Dana Fuller Ross) (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Neither Sin Nor Shame (As: Michael Burgess) (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Food (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Lady of France: A Biography of Gabrielle D'estrees, Mistress of Henry the Great (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Girl Market (As: Anne Marie Burgess, With: Michael Burgess) (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Belgium (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Queen of the Plaza: A Biography of Adah Isaacs Menken (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sex and the Mature Man (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie (As: Philip Vail) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Last Wilderness (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Great Rogue / The Glorious Scoundrel (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Survival: Jamestown (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Barbary General: The Life of William H. Eaton (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Franklin: America's Lost State (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Yankee Admiral: A Biography of David Dixon Porter (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Fantastic Breed (As: Leon Phillips) (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Edict of Nantes (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
P.J., My Friend (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
James Monroe: Hero of America Diplomacy (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Free and Independent: The Confederation of the United States, 1781-1791 (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Victor Hugo: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry (As: Samuel Edwards) (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
George Sand: A Biography of the First Modern, Liberated Woman (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Sunday Heroes (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honore De Balzac (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Daughter of Earth And Water: A Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
First Lady of America: A Romanticized Biography of Pocahontas (As: Leon Phillips) (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Grand Incendiary: A Biography of Samuel Adams (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Great American Rascal: The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr (As: Philip Vail) (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Double Lives of Francisco de Goya (As: Samuel Edwards) (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Man Who Lost America: A Biography of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Peter Paul Rubens: A Biography of a Giant (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
That Eaton Woman: In Defense of Peggy O'Neale Eaton (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sex and the Adult Woman (With: Ellen F. Birchall) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Rebel!: A Biography of Tom Paine (As: Samuel Edwards) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
I Love You, I Hate You (As: Leon Phillips) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Vidocq Dossier: The Story of the World's First Detective / Vidocq: Biography of the World’s First Detective (As: Samuel Edwards) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Trial of Andrew Johnson (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Statue in Search of a Pedestal: A Biography of the Marquis De Lafayette (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of American Indians Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Cheyenne Raiders (By: Jackson O'Reilly) (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Apache War Cry (As:Donald Clayton Porter) (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sioux Arrows (As: Donald Clayton Porter) (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Arapaho Spirit (By: Jane Toombs) (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Kiowa Fires (As:Donald Clayton Porter) (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Navajo: A Proud People (By: Allison Lassieur) (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Sioux: A Proud People (By: R. Conrad Stein) (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of White Indian Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
White Indian (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Renegade (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
War Chief (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Sachem (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Renno (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Tomahawk (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
War Cry (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Ambush (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Seneca (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Cherokee (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Choctaw (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Seminole (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
War Drums (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Apache (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Spirit Knife (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Manitou (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Seneca Warrior (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Father of Waters (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Fallen Timbers (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sachem's Son (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sachem's Daughter (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Seneca Patriots (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Hawk's Journey (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Father and Son (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
War Clouds (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Red Stick (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Creek Thunder (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Medicine Shield (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Winning The West Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Rio Grande (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Fort Laramie (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Union Pacific (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

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