Allan W. Eckert

Allan W. Eckert (born January 30 1931) is an American historian, naturalist and author

Allan W. Eckert was born on January 30, 1931 in Buffalo, New York, and raised in the Chicago, Illinois area but has been a long-time resident of Bellefontaine, Ohio, near where he attended university. As a young man, he hitch-hiked around the United States, living off the land and learning about wildlife. He began writing about nature and American history at the age of thirteen, eventually becoming an author of numerous distinguished books for children and adults. Seven of his books have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in literature.

In addition to his highly popular novels he has also written several screenplays and more than 225 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" television shows for which he received an Emmy Award.

In a 1999 poll conducted by the Ohioana Library Association, jointly with Toni Morrison, Allan W. Eckert was voted "Favorite Ohio Writer of All Time."

Bibliography:

• "The Great Auk: A Novel"; 1963, 2003 paperback reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation, ISBN 1931672164.
• "A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood"; 1965; 1997 reprint edition, Landfall Press, ISBN 0913428027.
• "The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon"; 1965; 2000 Paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089631.
• "The Writer's Digest Course in Short Story Writing"; 1965.
• "Wild Season"; 1967; 1981 reprint edition, Landfall Press, ISBN 0913428329 (paperback: ISBN 0913428310).
• "The Frontiersmen: A Narrative"; 1967; 2001 paperback reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation; ISBN 0945084919.
• with Marlin Perkins;"Bayou Backwaters"; 1967, 2000 reprint edition, Doubleday, ISBN 0385011016.
• "The Crossbreed"; 1968, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208515; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089925.
• "Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees"; 1968; 2003 reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation, ISBN 1931672180, (paperback: ISBN 1931672202).
• "The King Snake"; (Juvenile natural history) 1968; 1990 reprint, Scholastic, ISBN 0590427520; 2001 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 059518006X.
• "The Dreaming Tree"; 1968; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089895.
• "Wilderness Empire: A Narrative";1968; 2001 reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation, ISBN 0945084986, (paperback: ISBN 1931672024).
• "In Search of a Whale"; 1969, Doubleday, ISBN 0385034946.
• "The Conquerors"; 1970; 2002 reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation, ISBN 1931672067, (paperback: ISBN 1931672075).
• "Incident at Hawk's Hill"; 1971; 1995 reprint edition, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316219053, (paperback: ISBN 0316209481).
• "The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone"; 1973, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208701; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089909.
• "The Owls of North America, North of Mexico: All the Species and Subspecies Illustrated in Color and Fully Described"; 1973, Doubleday Books, ISBN 0385048181.
• "Tecumseh!: A Play"; 1975; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 059508964X.
• "The HAB Theory"; 1976, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208590; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595008208.
• "The Wilderness War, A Narrative"; 1978; 2003 reprint edition, Jesse Stuart Foundation, ISBN 193167213X, (paperback: ISBN 1931672148).
• "The Wading Birds of North America: North of Mexico"; 1978; 1987 reprint edition, Gramercy, ISBN 0517632292.
• "Savage Journey: A Novel"; (Juvenile literature); 1979, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208760; 2001 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595181716.
• "Song of the Wild"; (Juvenile literature); 1980, Little Brown & Co., ISBN 0316208779; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089917.
• "Whattizzit Nature Pun Quizzes"; (a booklet) 1981, Landfall Press, ISBN 0913428302.
• "Gateway to Empire"; 1982, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208612; 1983 paperback edition, Bantam Books, ISBN 0553241184.
• "Johnny Logan: Shawnee Spy: A Novel"; 1982, Little Brown & Co, ISBN 0316208809; 2001 Paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.Com, ISBN 0595167632.
• "Wilderness Empire, Number 2"; 1982, Bantam Books, ISBN 0553226517.
• "The Dark Green Tunnel"; (Juvenile fantasy); 1983, Little Brown & Co., ISBN 0316208817; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089623.
• "The Wand: The Return to Mesmeria"; (Juvenile fantasy) 1984, Little Brown & Co, ISBN 0316208825; 2001 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595183255.
• "The Scarlet Mansion"; 1985, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208833; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089887.
• "Earth Treasures Volume 1: the Northeastern Quadrant"; 1985; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089585.
• "Earth Treasures Volume 2: the Southeastern Quadrant"; 1985; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089593.
• "Earth Treasures Volume 3: the Northwestern Quadrant"; 1986; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089607.
• "Earth Treasures Volume 4A: the Southwestern Quadrant"; 1987; 2000 paperback reprint edition, Backinprint.com, ISBN 0595089615.
• "Twilight Of Empire"; 1988, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316208868; 1989 paperback reprint edition, Bantam, ISBN 0553280597.
• "A Sorrow in Our Heart:: The Life of Tecumseh"; 1992, Bantam Books, ISBN 0553080237; 1993 paperback reprint, Domain, ISBN 055356174X; 1995 paperback reprint, Smithmark Publishing, ISBN 0831758171.
• "That Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley"; 1995, Bantam Books, ISBN 0553094483, (paperback ISBN 0553378651).
• "The World of Opals"; 1997, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471133973.
• "Return to Hawk's Hill"; 1998, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316215937, (paperback: ISBN 0316006890).