The Making of America series is a multi-author series of historical and western fiction novels that look at the different aspects of the Frontier days of the United States. Each book is an individual story. Although the series started out being written by different authors, starting with The Texans, it was written by Lee Davis Willoughby – a collective pseudonym of Richard Laymon, William L. DeAndrea and Richard Deming.

The Making of America series started in 1979 with the novel The Wilderness Seekers by Lou Cameron. The series lasted 56 books until The Sixgun Apostles by Lee Davis Willoughby, published in 1987. The books can be read in any order. Below is a list of the Making of America books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Making Of America Books

The Wilderness Seekers(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mountain Breed(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Conestoga People(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Forty-Niners(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hearts Divided(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Builders(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Land Rushers(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wild and The Wayward(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Texans(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Alaskans(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Golden Staters(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The River People(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Land Grabbers(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ranchers(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Homesteaders(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Frontier Healers(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Buffalo People(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Far Islanders(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Border Breed(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Boomers(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wildcatters(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gunfighters(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Cajuns(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Donner People(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Creoles(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nightriders(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sooners(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vigilantes(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Express Riders(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Soldiers of Fortune(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wranglers(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Baja People(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Yukon Breed(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Smugglers(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Voyageurs(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Barbary Coasters(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Whalers(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Canadians(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prophet's People(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lawmen(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Copper Kings(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caribbeans(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Trail Blazers(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gamblers(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Robber Barons(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Assassins(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bounty Hunters(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Texas Rangers(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Outlaws(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fugitives(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Frontier Detectives(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Raiders(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rough Riders(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Warriors of the Code(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sixgun Apostles(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scarlet Sisters(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Northeast Georgia: A History(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Wilderness Seekers was written by Lou Cameron. The Mountain Breed was written by Aaron Fletcher. The Conestoga People and The Builders were written by Jeanne Sommers. The Forty-Niners was written by John Toombs. Hearts Divided was written by Paula Moore. The Land Rushers was written by Elizabeth Zachary. The Wild and the Wayward was written by Georgia Granger. Every book thereafter was written by Lee Davis Willoughby.

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