G. Clifton Wisler (1950 – 2006) was an American historical novelist, the

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of almost 70 books, many of them

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for young adults. Wisler lived in Plano, Texas in the United States. He died on April 7, 2006. Wisler's work, most of which had appeared only in mass-market paperback form, can be divided into several distinct categories: historical fiction for young adults (distinguished in the following list as YA), mostly concerned with early Texas history or the Civil War; mainstream Westerns, particularly the Delamer series; Westerns told from an Indian viewpoint (NA); and science fiction.

Bibliography

Young adult fiction

*Red Cap (1984) *Buffalo Moon (1984) *Wolf's Tooth (1987) *This New Land (1987; Walker's American History Series for Young People) *Piper's Ferry (1990) *The Raid (1994) *Jericho's Journey (1995) *Thunder on the Tennessee (1995) *Mr. Lincoln's Drummer (1997) *Caleb's Choice (1998) *The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg (1999) *Mustang Flats (1999) *Run the Blockade (2000) *All for Texas: A Story of Texas Liberation (2000; Jamestown's American Portraits) *Kings Mountain (2002)

Westerns

*Winter of the Wolf (1981) *West of the Cimarron (1985) *Antelope Springs (1986) *A Cry of Angry Thunder (1986) *High Plains Rider (1986) *Starr's Showdown (1986) *Abrego Canyon (1987) *Thompson's Mountain (1987) *Illinois Prescott (1987) *My Brother the Wind (1987) *Comanche Summer (1987) *Sweetwater Flats (1988) *Avery's Law (1988) *Ross's Gap (1988) *The Return of Caulfield Blake (1989) *Among the Eagles (1989) *Lakota (1990) *Boswell's Luck (1990) *North of Esperanza (1991) *Pinto Lowery (1991) *Esmeralda (1997) *Under the Black Hills (1999)

Delamer series

*The Trident Brand (1982) *Purgatory (1986) *The Wayward Trail (1987) *South Pass Ambush (1988) *Sam Delamer (1989) *Clear Fork (1990) *Blood Mesa (1991) *Baron of the Brazos (1991)

Jake Wetherby duo

*The Shawnee Trail (1993) *The Wetherbys (2000)

Texas Brazos series

*Texas Brazos (1987) *Fortune Bend (1987) *Palo Pinto (1987) *Caddo Creek (1988)

Darby Prescott series

*Prescott's Trail (1989) *Prescott's Law (1990) *Prescott's Challenge (1990)

Miscellaneous

*Spirit Warrior (1986) *Warrior's Road (1994) *The Weeping Moon (1995) *Massacre at Powder River (1997) The Medicine Trail: *The Medicine Trail (1991) *Stone Wolf's Vision (1991) *The Buffalo Shield (1992) *Dreaming Wolf (1992) *The Antrian Messenger (1986) *The Seer (1989) *The Mind Trap (1990) *The Chicken Must Have Died Laughing (1983) *A Special Gift (1983)

Nonfiction

*When Johnny Went Marching: Young Americans Fight the Civil War (2001)

References

External links

List of books
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