Order of Noel B. Gerson Books
Noel Bertram Gerson (1914-1988) was an American author of largely historical fiction and non-fiction. An extremely prolific author, he wrote many biographies and biographical novels about many historical figures, such as 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 house names Donald Clayton Porter and Dana Fuller Ross. His novels 55 Days at Peking and The Naked Maja were adapted to film.
Noel B. Gerson became a published novelist in 1951 with The Mohawk Ladder (aka Sword of Fortune). Below is a list of Noel B. Gerson’s books in order of when they were first released (including all of his pseudonyms):
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Neither Sin Nor Shame | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Food | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lady of France: A Biography of Gabrielle D'estrees, Mistress of Henry the Great | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girl Market | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Belgium | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Queen of the Plaza: A Biography of Adah Isaacs Menken | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sex and the Mature Man | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Wilderness | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Great Rogue / The Glorious Scoundrel | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Survival: Jamestown | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Barbary General: The Life of William H. Eaton | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Franklin: America's Lost State | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yankee Admiral: A Biography of David Dixon Porter | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fantastic Breed | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Edict of Nantes | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| P.J., My Friend | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| James Monroe: Hero of America Diplomacy | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Free and Independent: The Confederation of the United States, 1781-1791 | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Victor Hugo: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| George Sand: A Biography of the First Modern, Liberated Woman | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sunday Heroes | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honore De Balzac | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Daughter of Earth And Water: A Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Lady of America: A Romanticized Biography of Pocahontas | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grand Incendiary: A Biography of Samuel Adams | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Great American Rascal: The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Double Lives of Francisco de Goya | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man Who Lost America: A Biography of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Peter Paul Rubens: A Biography of a Giant | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| That Eaton Woman: In Defense of Peggy O'Neale Eaton | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sex and the Adult Woman | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rebel!: A Biography of Tom Paine | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Love You, I Hate You | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Vidocq Dossier: The Story of the World's First Detective / Vidocq: Biography of the World’s First Detective | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trial of Andrew Johnson | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Statue in Search of a Pedestal: A Biography of the Marquis De Lafayette | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of American Indians Books
| Cheyenne Raiders | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Apache War Cry | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sioux Arrows | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Arapaho Spirit | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kiowa Fires | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Navajo: A Proud People | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sioux: A Proud People | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Holts: An American Dynasty Books
(as Dana Fuller Ross)
| The Oregon Legacy | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Oklahoma Pride | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Carolina Courage | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| California Glory | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hawaii Heritage | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sierra Triumph | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yukon Justice | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pacific Destiny | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Homecoming | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Awakening | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Wagons West Books
(as Dana Fuller Ross)
Publication Order of Wagons West Empire Books
(as Dana Fuller Ross)
| Honor! | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vengeance! | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Justice! | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Wagons West Frontier Books
(as Dana Fuller Ross)
| Westward! | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Expedition! | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Outpost! | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of White Indian Books
(as Donald Clayton Porter)
Publication Order of Winning The West Books
(as Donald Clayton Porter)
| Rio Grande | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fort Laramie | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Union Pacific | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Devil’s Prize, Master of Castile, The White Plume, Rebel!, The Vidocq Dossier, The Conqueror’s Wife, Devil’s Prize, The Exploiters, The Caves of Guernica, Neptune and All That Glitters were written under the pseudonym of Samuel Edwards. The White Indian, Winning the West and American Indian books, along with the novel Pony Express, were written using the pen name Donald Clayton Porter. All Wagons West books (including The Holts series) as well as the novels Yankee and Yankee Rogue were written under the pen name Dana Fuller Ross (many of which were written by James Reasoner). The novels The Fantastic Breed and Split Bamboo were written under the pseudonym of Leon Phillips. Sex and the Mature Man was co-authored with Louis P. Saxe. Sex and the Adult Woman was co-authored with Ellen Birchall. Mohawk Ladder was also titled Sword of Fortune. Savage Gentleman was also titled Savage Cavalier. Several other titles were re-published under the pen names of Samuel Edwards or as Carter A. Vaughn.
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Note that the last book he wrote for the White Indian series was Seminole, and the last one of the Wagons West was Tennessee. While it had his pen name, Holts and the other Wagons West series were NOT written by him.