Donald Barr Chidsey Reading Order
1 series · 74 books
Donald Barr Chidsey was a prolific American author who mastered multiple genres throughout his career, blending historical fiction with biography and adventure narratives. With over seventy books to his name, he developed a reputation for bringing historical periods and figures to life through engaging storytelling that appealed to both general readers and history enthusiasts. His versatility across fiction and non-fiction established him as a significant voice in mid-twentieth-century American letters.
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Standalone Novels Series
74 books
Donald Barr Chidsey wrote 74 standalone novels across a diverse range of historical and adventure themes, from biographical works on figures like Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth I to seafaring tales such as Captain Adam and Captain Bashful. These books were published in publication order beginning with And Tyler Too and continuing through numerous titles including Edge of Piracy and Goodbye to Gunpowder. The series status remains unclear, but readers should approach these as independent works that can be enjoyed in any order, though publication sequence is available for those who wish to follow Chidsey's chronological output. This extensive collection showcases the author's prolific career spanning historical fiction, adventure narratives, and period pieces.
Start with And Tyler too, the first of 74 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | And Tyler too |
| 2 | Andrew Jackson, hero |
| 3 | Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| 4 | Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| 5 | Captain Adam |
| 6 | Captain Adam |
| 7 | Captain Bashful |
| 8 | Captain Bashful |
| 9 | Captain Crossbones |
| 10 | Detective Short Stories - August 1937 |
| 11 | Each one was alone |
| 12 | Edge of piracy |
| 13 | Edge of piracy |
| 14 | Elizabeth I |
| 15 | Goodbye to gunpowder |
| 16 | Goodbye to gunpowder |
| 17 | His Majesty's highwayman |
| 18 | His Majesty's highwayman |
| 19 | John the Great |
| 20 | John the great |
| 21 | July 4, 1776 |
| 22 | July 4, 1776 |
| 23 | La guerra hispanoamericana |
| 24 | Lewis and Clark: the great adventure |
| 25 | Lord of the Isles. |
| 26 | Louisiana Purchase |
| 27 | Marlborough |
| 28 | Marlborough |
| 29 | Marooned |
| 30 | Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| 31 | On and off the wagon |
| 32 | Panama passage |
| 33 | Panama passage. |
| 34 | Pistols in the morning |
| 35 | Reluctant cavalier |
| 36 | Shackleton's voyage |
| 37 | Shackleton's voyage |
| 38 | Singapore passage |
| 39 | Singapore passage |
| 40 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert |
| 41 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Elizabeth's racketeer |
| 42 | Sir Walter Raleigh, that damned upstart |
| 43 | Stronghold |
| 44 | The American privateers |
| 45 | The Battle of New Orleans |
| 46 | The California gold rush |
| 47 | The French and Indian War |
| 48 | The Panama Canal |
| 49 | The Spanish-American War |
| 50 | The birth of the Constitution, an informal history |
| 51 | The day they sank the Lusitania |
| 52 | The flaming island |
| 53 | The gentleman from New York |
| 54 | The great conspiracy |
| 55 | The great separation |
| 56 | The great separation |
| 57 | The legion of the lost |
| 58 | The loyalists |
| 59 | The pipes are calling |
| 60 | The siege of Boston |
| 61 | The siege of Boston; an on-the-scene account of the beginning of the American Revolution |
| 62 | The tide turns |
| 63 | The tide turns |
| 64 | The war in the North |
| 65 | The war in the South |
| 66 | The war with Mexico |
| 67 | The wars in Barbary |
| 68 | The wickedest pilgrim |
| 69 | The wickedest pilgrim |
| 70 | The world of Samuel Adams |
| 71 | This bright sword |
| 72 | Valley Forge |
| 73 | Victory at Yorktown |
| 74 | Weeping is for women .. |
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