Noel Gerson

Noel Bertram Gerson is the author of more than 325 novels. Noel was born in the year 1913 in Chicago and is the son of Sam Gerson, who was a director at Shubert theaters in Chicago. Noel married one, Marilyn and was blessed with four children, a son, and three daughters.

The best place to start is the White Indian series, the earliest of Noel Gerson's multi-book series: it opens with White Indian (1979) and runs to 28 books across 1979–1996, ending with Medicine Shield (1996). Noel Gerson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Noel Gerson has 213 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1951 and 2023. 83 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the White Indian series with 28 books — and 130 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Noel Gerson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are White Indian (1979–1996, 28 books), Wagons West (1979–2012, 25 books) and American Indians (1982–2005, 7 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Noel Gerson's 213 books into 8 named series and 130 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: White Indian (28 books, 1979–1996); Wagons West (25 books, 1979–2012); The Holts: An American Dynasty (10 books, 1989–1995); American Indians (7 books, 1982–2005); The Age of Sail (4 books, 2020–2023), plus 3 further series.