The Works of Allan W. Eckert

Nonfiction

• The Writer's Digest Course in Article Writing, Writer's Digest, 1962.
• The Writer's Digest Course in Short Story Writing, Writer's Digest, 1965.
• The Owls of North America: All the Species and Subspecies Described and Illustrated, illustrations by Karl E. Karalus, Doubleday, 1974, new edition, 1975, reprinted as The Owls of North America, North of Mexico: All the Species and Subspecies Illustrated in Color and Fully Described, illustrations by Karalus, Weathervane, 1987.
• The Wading Birds of North America: All the Species and Subspecies Described and Illustrated, illustrations by Karalus, Doubleday, 1979, published as The Wading Birds of North America (North of Mexico), illustrations by Karalus, Weathervane, 1987.
• Earth Treasures: Where to Collect Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils in the United States, Volume 1: The Northeastern Quadrant, Volume 2: The Southeastern Quadrant, Volume 3: The Northwestern Quadrant, Volume 4: The Southwestern Quadrant, Perennial Library, 1987.

Novels

• The Dreaming Tree, Little, Brown, 1968.
• The HAB Theory (science fiction), Little, Brown, 1976.
• The Scarlet Mansion, Little, Brown, 1985.
• Return To Hawk's Hill:  A Novel, Little, Brown, 1998.

Documentary Fiction

• The Great Auk (Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club selection), Little, Brown, 1963.
• The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, Little, Brown, 1965.
• Wild Season, Little, Brown, 1967.
• Bayou Backwaters, Doubleday, 1968.
• The Crossbreed (Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club selection), Little, Brown, 1968.
• In Search of a Whale, Doubleday, 1970.
• The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone, Little, Brown, 1973.
• Johnny Logan: Shawnee Spy, Little, Brown, 1983.
• Opals, John Wiley and Sons (New York City), 1997.

Historical Narratives

• A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood, Little, Brown, 1965.
• The Frontiersmen ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1967.
• Wilderness Empire ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1969.
• The Conquerors ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1971.
• The Wilderness War ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1978.
• Gateway to Empire ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1982.
• Twilight of Empire: A Narrative ("Winning of America" series), Little, Brown, 1988.
• A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, Bantam, 1992, limited edition published as Sorrow of the Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, 1992.
• That Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley, Bantam, 1995.

For Children And Young Adults

• The King Snake (nature novel), Little, Brown, 1968.
• Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Little, Brown, 1969.
• Incident at Hawk's Hill (novel; Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club selection), Little, Brown, 1971.
• Savage Journey (novel), Little, Brown, 1979.
• Song of the Wild (novel), Little, Brown, 1980.
• Whattizzit? Nature Pun Quizzes, Landfall Press, 1981.
• The Dark Green Tunnel ("Mesmerian Annals" series), Little, Brown, 1984.
• The Wand: The Return to Mesmeria, ("Mesmerian Annals" series), Little, Brown, 1985.

Other

• Tecumseh! (play), Little, Brown, 1974.  http://www.tecumsehdrama.com/
• Author of more than 200 television scripts for Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom (1963 – 1988).  http://www.wildkingdom.com/main.html
• Author of screenplays including The Legend of Koo-Tan, 1971, Wild Journey, 1972, The Kentucky Pioneers, 1972, and George Rodgers Clark, 1973.
• Contributor of more than 200 articles to periodicals.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2001.
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors

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