Noel Bertram Gerson fu un prolifico autore statunitense, nato a Chicago nel 1913, specializzato in fiction e saggistica storica. La sua carriera di scrittore si estese su diversi decenni, durante i quali viene accreditato con più di 325 romanzi. Figlio di Sam Gerson, direttore presso i teatri Shubert di Chicago, Gerson sposò Marilyn e diventò padre di quattro figli, un figlio e tre figlie.
La formazione accademica di Gerson iniziò all'Università di Chicago, dove lavorò come corrispondente del campus per il Chicago Herald. La sua carriera giornalistica progredì quando diventò un reporter per il Chicago Herald e poi si unì a WGN a Chicago come scrittore pubblico. Alla fine, Gerson raggiunse la posizione di direttore del talento e scrittore principale per il giornale.
Gerson scrisse numerose biografie e romanzi biografici su numerose figure storiche, tra cui Theodore Roosevelt, John Hancock, Sam Houston, Andrew Johnson, Henry Hudson, Mary Shelley, Captain John Smith e molti altri. I suoi lavori non si limitavano a figure storiche, poiché scrisse anche fiction western sotto gli pseudonimi Donald Clayton Porter e Dana Fuller Ross. Due dei suoi romanzi, "55 Days at Peking" e "The Naked Maja", sono stati adattati in film.
Oltre al suo vero nome, Gerson utilizzò nove pseudonimi per scrivere la sua vasta produzione letteraria. Questi pseudonimi includono Anne Marie Burgess, Michael Burgess, Nicholas Gorham, Paul Lewis, Leon Phillips, Donald Clayton Porter, Dana Fuller Ross, Philip Vail e Carter A. Vaughan. La prolifica carriera di scrittura di Gerson e l'uso di pseudonimi dimostrano la sua versatilità e produttività come autore.
Romanzi singoli
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Titolo
Anno
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1
The Mohawk Ladder / Sword of Fortune
1951
2
Savage Gentleman / Savage Cavalier
1951
3
The Cumberland Rifles
1952
4
The Golden Eagle
1953
5
The Impostor
1954
6
Port Royal
1954
7
The Scimitar
1955
8
The Forest Lord
1955
9
The Highwayman
1955
10
That Egyptian Woman
1956
11
When the Wind Blows
1956
12
The Conqueror's Wife
1957
13
Daughter of Eve
1958
14
The Silver Lion
1958
15
Devil's Prize
1958
16
The Invincibles
1958
17
The Charlatan
1959
18
The Naked Maja
1959
19
The Wilderness
1959
20
The Yankee From Tennessee
1960
21
The Nelson Touch
1960
22
Daughter of Gascony
1960
23
The Yankee Brig
1960
24
The Gentle Fury
1961
25
Valley Forge
1961
26
The White Plume
1961
27
Branded Bride
1962
28
The Emperor's Ladies
1962
29
Scoundrel's Brigade
1962
30
Master of Castile
1962
31
The Hittite
1962
32
The Land is Bright
1962
33
The Golden Lyre
1963
34
55 days at Peking
1963
35
The Trojan
1963
36
The Yankee Rascals
1963
37
Old Hickory
1964
38
The Slender Reed
1964
39
Dragon Cove
1964
40
The Magnificent Adventures of Henry Hudson
1965
41
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1965
42
Roanoke Warrior
1965
43
Give Me Liberty
1966
44
Mr. Madison's War
1966
45
Fortress Fury
1966
46
The Anthem
1967
47
I'll Storm Hell
1967
48
The Silver Saber
1967
49
Sam Houston
1968
50
Split Bamboo
1968
51
Jefferson Square
1968
52
The River Devils
1968
53
The Golden Ghetto
1969
54
The Seneca Hostage
1969
55
Theodora
1969
56
Clear for Action!
1970
57
The Crusader: A Novel on the Life of Margaret Sanger
1970
58
The Divine Mistress
1970
59
TR: A Biographical Novel About Theodore Roosevelt
1970
60
Warhead
1970
61
Island in the Wind
1971
62
Talk Show
1971
63
Mirror, Mirror
1971
64
Temptation to Steal
1972
65
Double Vision
1972
66
State Trooper
1973
67
The Exploiters
1974
68
The Caves of Guernica
1975
69
All That Glitters
1975
70
Neptune
1976
71
Special Agent
1976
72
Liner
1977
73
The Smugglers
1977
74
The Queen's Husband
1979
75
The King's Messenger
1979
76
Yankee
1982
77
Pony Express
1983
78
Yankee Rogue
1984
Libri di non-fiction
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Anno
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Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent
1960
2
Neither Sin Nor Shame
1961
3
Food
1962
4
Lady of France: A Biography of Gabrielle D'estrees, Mistress of Henry the Great
1963
5
The Girl Market
1963
6
Belgium
1964
7
Queen of the Plaza: A Biography of Adah Isaacs Menken
1964
8
Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man
1964
9
Sex and the Mature Man
1964
10
Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony
1964
11
The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie
1965
12
Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee
1966
13
The Last Wilderness
1966
14
The Great Rogue / The Glorious Scoundrel
1966
15
Survival: Jamestown
1967
16
Barbary General: The Life of William H. Eaton
1968
17
Franklin: America's Lost State
1968
18
Yankee Admiral: A Biography of David Dixon Porter
1968
19
The Fantastic Breed
1968
20
Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson
1968
21
The Edict of Nantes
1969
22
P.J., My Friend
1969
23
James Monroe: Hero of America Diplomacy
1969
24
Free and Independent: The Confederation of the United States, 1781-1791
1970
25
Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry
1971
26
Victor Hugo: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry
1971
27
George Sand: A Biography of the First Modern, Liberated Woman
1972
28
The Sunday Heroes
1972
29
The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honore De Balzac
1972
30
Daughter of Earth And Water: A Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1973
31
First Lady of America: A Romanticized Biography of Pocahontas
1973
32
The Grand Incendiary: A Biography of Samuel Adams
1973
33
The Great American Rascal: The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr
1973
34
The Double Lives of Francisco de Goya
1973
35
The Man Who Lost America: A Biography of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
1973
36
Peter Paul Rubens: A Biography of a Giant
1973
37
That Eaton Woman: In Defense of Peggy O'Neale Eaton
1974
38
Sex and the Adult Woman
1974
39
The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion
1974
40
Rebel!: A Biography of Tom Paine
1974
41
I Love You, I Hate You
1975
42
The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison
1975
43
Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker
1976
44
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography
1976
45
Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny
1977
46
The Vidocq Dossier: The Story of the World's First Detective / Vidocq: Biography of the World’s First Detective
1977
47
The Trial of Andrew Johnson
1977
48
Statue in Search of a Pedestal: A Biography of the Marquis De Lafayette
1986
49
The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith
2015
50
Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves
2021
51
Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden
2022
American Indians Books
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Titolo
Anno
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1
Cheyenne Raiders
1982
2
Apache War Cry
1982
3
Sioux Arrows
1982
4
Arapaho Spirit
1983
5
Kiowa Fires
1983
6
The Navajo: A Proud People
2005
7
The Sioux: A Proud People
2005
The Holts: An American Dynasty Books (as Dana Fuller Ross)