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Noel B. Gerson Books in Order

Noel B. Gerson has written 188 books, published between 1951 and 2022. The first book is The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune (1951) and the newest is Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
188
Published
1951–2022
Pages on record
18,660 in 63 of 188 books
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Noel Bertram Gerson (1914-1988) wrote about the people and events of American history, in fiction and in biographies of Sam Houston, Kit Carson, Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt. Gerson published 325 books under Gerson's own name and pseudonyms that include Samuel Edwards, Anne Marie Burgess, Leon Phillips, Donald Clayton Porter and Dana Fuller Ross. As Dana Fuller Ross, Gerson wrote the Wagons West series, and as Donald Clayton Porter the White Indian series. The novels 55 Days at Peking and The Naked Maja were both filmed. The catalogue holds 188 books, starting in 1951, with the 1960s as the peak decade.

How many Noel B. Gerson books are there?

Noel B. Gerson has 188 books, released between 1951 and 2022. They include 5 series and 128 titles listed outside any series.

Noel B. Gerson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 188 Noel B. Gerson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Impostor by Noel B. Gerson (1954)
  2. Cover of The Emperor's Ladies by Noel B. Gerson (1962)
  3. Cover of The Great Rogue / The Glorious Scoundrel by Noel B. Gerson (1966)
  4. Cover of Give Me Liberty by Noel B. Gerson (1966)
  5. Cover of First Lady of America: A Romanticized Biography of Pocahontas (As: Leon Phillips) by Noel B. Gerson (1973)
  6. Cover of The Double Lives of Francisco de Goya (As: Samuel Edwards) by Noel B. Gerson (1973)
  7. Cover of That Eaton Woman: In Defense of Peggy O'Neale Eaton by Noel B. Gerson (1974)
  8. Cover of The Exploiters (As: Samuel Edwards) by Noel B. Gerson (1974)
  9. Cover of I Love You, I Hate You (As: Leon Phillips) by Noel B. Gerson (1975)
  10. Cover of The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison by Noel B. Gerson (1975)
  11. Cover of The Caves of Guernica (As: Samuel Edwards) by Noel B. Gerson (1975)
  12. Cover of Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker by Noel B. Gerson (1976)
  13. Cover of Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography by Noel B. Gerson (1976)
  14. Cover of Special Agent by Noel B. Gerson (1976)
  15. Cover of Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny by Noel B. Gerson (1977)
  16. Cover of The Trial of Andrew Johnson by Noel B. Gerson (1977)
  17. Cover of The Smugglers by Noel B. Gerson (1977)
  18. Cover of War Chief by Noel B. Gerson, book 3 of the White Indian series (1980)
  19. Cover of The Sachem by Noel B. Gerson, book 4 of the White Indian series (1981)
  20. Cover of Renno by Noel B. Gerson, book 5 of the White Indian series (1981)
  21. Cover of Yankee (As: Dana Fuller Ross) by Noel B. Gerson (1982)
  22. Cover of Tomahawk by Noel B. Gerson, book 6 of the White Indian series (1982)
  23. Cover of Ambush by Noel B. Gerson, book 8 of the White Indian series (1983)
  24. Cover of Dakota! by Noel B. Gerson, book 11 of the Wagons West series (1983)
  1. 1
    The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  2. 2
    Savage Gentleman / Savage Cavalier1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  3. 3
    The Cumberland Rifles1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  4. 4
    The Golden Eagle1953 · confirmed 2/4
    1953–
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  5. 5
    The Impostor1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  6. 6
    Port Royal1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  7. 7
    The Scimitar (As: Samuel Edwards)1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  8. 8
    The Forest Lord1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  9. 9
    The Highwayman1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  10. 10
    That Egyptian Woman1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  11. 11
    When the Wind Blows1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  12. 12
    The Conqueror's Wife (As: Samuel Edwards)1957 · confirmed 2/4
    1957–
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  13. 13
    Daughter of Eve1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  14. 14
    The Silver Lion1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  15. 15
    Devil's Prize (As: Samuel Edwards)1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  16. 16
    The Invincibles (As: Carter A. Vaughan)1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  17. 17
    The Charlatan (As: Carter A. Vaughan)1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  18. 18
    The Naked Maja1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  19. 19
    The Wilderness (As: Carter A. Vaughan)1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  20. 20
    Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  21. 21
    The Yankee From Tennessee1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  22. 22
    The Nelson Touch (As: Paul Lewis)1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  23. 23
    Daughter of Gascony (As: Samuel Edwards)1960 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960236
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  24. 24
    The Yankee Brig (As: Carter A. Vaughan)1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  25. 25
    Neither Sin Nor Shame (As: Michael Burgess)1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  26. 26
    The Gentle Fury1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  27. 27
    Valley Forge1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  28. 28
    The White Plume1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  29. 29
    Food1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  30. 30
    Branded Bride (As: Carter A. Vaughan)1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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Noel B. Gerson series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Noel B. Gerson books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Wagons West in order

13 books
  1. 11. Dakota!
  2. 13. Idaho!
  3. 14. Missouri!
  4. 15. Mississippi!
  5. 16. Louisiana!
  6. 17. Tennessee!
  7. 18. Illinois!
  8. 19. Wisconsin!
  9. 20. Kentucky!
  10. 21. Arizona!
  11. 22. New Mexico!
  12. 23. Oklahoma!
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Holts: An American Dynasty in order

10 books
  1. 1. The Oregon Legacy
  2. 2. Oklahoma Pride
  3. 3. Carolina Courage
  4. 4. California Glory
  5. 5. Hawaii Heritage
  6. 6. Sierra Triumph
  7. 7. Yukon Justice
  8. 8. Pacific Destiny
  9. 9. Homecoming
  10. 10. Awakening

Winning The West in order

3 books
  1. 1. Rio Grande
  2. 2. Fort Laramie
  3. 3. Union Pacific

Wagons West Frontier in order

3 books
  1. 1. Westward!
  2. 2. Expedition!
  3. 3. Outpost!

Wagons West Empire in order

2 books
  1. 2. Vengeance!
  2. 3. Justice!

Age of Sail in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Magnificent Adventures of Henry Hudson

Standalone books

128 books

128 Noel B. Gerson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Noel B. Gerson books in order?

You only need to read Noel B. Gerson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Noel B. Gerson

Start with White Indian (1979), the first White Indian book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune (1951).

What is the newest Noel B. Gerson book?

Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden (2022) is the newest Noel B. Gerson book released so far.

Is there a new Noel B. Gerson book coming?

No next Noel B. Gerson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Noel B. Gerson at a glance

Paused
No new Noel B. Gerson title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Noel B. Gerson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
18,660 pages across the 63 of 188 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Noel B. Gerson books, 58 of 188, were published in the 1960s.

What the Noel B. Gerson books are about

80 of the 188 Noel B. Gerson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: holt family (fictitious characters) is tagged on 24 of 80. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.