Dana Fuller Ross (1914–1988)
Author of Independence!
About the Author
American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of show more westerns, mysteries, and romances. Perhaps Reasoner's best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
American history author Noel Bertram Gerson (1914-1988) also wrote as Dana Fuller Ross (the "Wagons West" series); Donald Clayton Porter (the "White Indian" series); Samuel Edwards; Carter A. Vaughan; Leon Phillips;Philip Vail, Paul Lewis and Michael Burgess.
Since the Paul Lewis and Michael Burgess names are shared with othe authors, their works are aliased here instead of the author pages being combined.
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Works by Dana Fuller Ross
Double Vision 4 copies
Wagons West Series (No. 1 Thru 7: Independence!; Nebraska!; Wyoming!; Oregon!; Texas!; California!; Colorado!) (1979) 1 copy
Playgirl 1 copy
Wagons West Series Set (15) Independence! Nebraska! Wyoming! Oregon! Colorado! Nevada! Kentucky! California! Wisconsin!… (1900) 1 copy
Island in the wind, a novel 1 copy
වත රැඳි නිරූපිකාව 1 copy
Nathan Hale Espionage Agent 1 copy
Devil's Prize 1 copy
Everyman 1 copy
Clear for Action! 1 copy
Wagons West-#2-Nebraska 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Gerson, Noel Bertram
- Other names
- Porter, Donald Clayton
Vaughn, Carter A.
Edwards, Samuel
Phillips, Leon
Burgess, Michael
Vail, Philip (show all 7)
Lewis, Paul - Birthdate
- 1914-11-06
- Date of death
- 1988-11-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Occupations
- novelist
historical novelist
biographer
journalist
radio scriptwriter - Short biography
- Noel B. Gerson attended the University of Chicago and served as the campus stringer for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. After graduation, he became a reporter at the paper. He then joined WGN Radio as a publicity writer, later becoming talent director and scriptwriter. During World War II, he served in Army intelligence. After the war, he wrote television scripts before beginning his career as an author in 1950. He was a prolific and popular writer who produced some 325 works of history, historical fiction, and biographies under his own name and numerous pseudonyms. Among his specialties were books about colonial America and the western pioneers; presidents of the USA, such as Andrew Jackson, James Polk, and Theodore Roosevelt; and notable women in history such as the Byzantine Empress Theodora, Matilda of Flanders, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Two of his novels, 55 Days at Peking and The Naked Maja, were adapted into films.
- Disambiguation notice
- American history author Noel Bertram Gerson (1914-1988) also wrote as Dana Fuller Ross (the "Wagons West" series); Donald Clayton Porter (the "White Indian" series); Samuel Edwards; Carter A. Vaughan; Leon Phillips;Philip Vail, Paul Lewis and Michael Burgess.
Since the Paul Lewis and Michael Burgess names are shared with othe authors, their works are aliased here instead of the author pages being combined.
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- Works
- 197
- Also by
- 5
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 678
- Languages
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- Favorited
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