Allan W Eckert Books in Order

The Infinite Dream traces America’s westward surge between 1834 and 1848, following settlers, Native nations, soldiers, and politicians as they battle over Texas, the Great Plains, and the Pacific Coast in the push to realize a continent‑spanning republic.

Dark Journey recounts the ill‑fated Donner‑Reed Party, from their hopeful departure in 1846 through wrong turns, bitter conflicts, and the brutal Sierra Nevada winter that trapped them, weaving journals and research into a stark narrative of endurance and loss.

The Silent Sky follows the life of the last wild passenger pigeon, using one bird’s journey to show how an abundant species vanished in a few decades through market hunting, habitat loss, and human indifference to what was being destroyed.

In this sequel to Incident at Hawk’s Hill, seven‑year‑old Ben MacDonald again becomes lost, this time drifting onto vast Lake Winnipeg and into the care of a Métis community, where he must adapt to new customs while his family searches the prairie for him.

The World of Opals surveys the history, geology, and lore of opal, from famous stones and classic mining fields to the science behind their shifting colors, offering collectors and gem enthusiasts an accessible tour of this unusually complex gemstone.

That Dark and Bloody River chronicles the long fight for the Ohio River Valley, following Shawnee and other Native nations, restless settlers, soldiers, and outlaws as they clash along the river that became the main artery of America’s first great westward expansion.

A Sorrow in Our Heart is a narrative biography of Tecumseh, tracing the Shawnee leader’s life from youth in the Ohio Country through his efforts to build a pan‑tribal resistance movement and his death in battle during the War of 1812.

Twilight of Empire, the final Winning of America volume, focuses on the Black Hawk War of 1832, tracing how Black Hawk’s band and United States forces, including future national leaders, collide over rich Midwestern farmland in a short, bloody conflict that closes an era.

Earth Treasures: The Southwestern Quadrant guides rockhounds to collecting sites across the American Southwest, pairing detailed county maps with directions and notes on the rocks, minerals, and fossils that can be found in deserts, canyons, and road cuts.

Earth Treasures: The Northwestern Quadrant describes hundreds of field sites in the north‑central and northwestern states, offering maps, driving routes, and on‑the‑ground tips for finding agates, crystals, and fossils in prairies, riverbeds, and mountain country.

In The Wand, twins Lara and Barnaby are hurled back into Mesmeria hundreds of years later in that world’s time and must steal powerful books and a magic wand from an evil king’s fortress to rescue their imprisoned friends and a doomed queen.

Earth Treasures: The Southeastern Quadrant focuses on the southeastern United States, pinpointing accessible spots to hunt for gemstones, mineral specimens, and fossils, and combining clear maps with practical advice for safely exploring streams, cuts, and backroads.

The Scarlet Mansion is a novelized account of serial killer H. H. Holmes, following Herman Mudgett from his first murders to the building of his labyrinthine “murder castle” in Chicago and the relentless detective who tracks him across the country.

Earth Treasures: The Northeastern Quadrant covers collecting locations across the northeastern and Great Lakes states, with more than a thousand mapped sites and concise notes on where to look for interesting rocks, minerals, and fossils near roads and towns.

The Dark Green Tunnel introduces twins Lara and Barnaby, who slip through a wooded passage into Mesmeria, a parallel world of strange creatures and cruel sorcerers, and find themselves drawn into a dangerous struggle between the land’s defenders and a rising evil.

Gateway to Empire, part of the Winning of America series, examines the Chicago portage and Great Lakes region in the early 1800s, following traders, soldiers, settlers, and Native leaders as the tiny frontier outpost becomes a strategic gateway in the War of 1812.

Johnny Logan: Shawnee Spy tells the story of Spemica Lawba, captured as a boy and renamed Johnny Logan, who grows up caught between Shawnee kin and American officers and ultimately risks his life as a scout and spy in the violent borderlands of the Ohio Valley.

Whattizit? Nature Pun Quizzes is a small booklet of playful quizzes that use puns, riddles, and visual clues to challenge readers to identify animals, plants, and natural features, sneaking bits of natural history into lighthearted wordplay.

Song of the Wild follows twelve‑year‑old Caleb Erikson, who can project his mind inside any living creature he sees. One summer on a horse farm, his secret gift brings joy, danger, and a hard test of trust when a beloved animal’s life hangs in the balance.

Savage Journey sends thirteen‑year‑old Sarah into the upper Amazon with her archaeologist father, then leaves her alone after his sudden death to navigate jungle rivers, unfamiliar tribes, and deadly wildlife in a harsh, sometimes beautiful coming‑of‑age survival story.

The Wilderness War, fourth in the Winning of America series, covers 1763 to 1780, showing how the American Revolution shattered the Iroquois League as Joseph Brant and other leaders chose sides, and as battles for New York’s fertile valleys decided both empire and homelands.

The Wading Birds of North America is an illustrated reference to herons, egrets, ibises, flamingos, and other long‑legged species north of Mexico, pairing Karl E Karalus’s paintings with Eckert’s detailed descriptions of identification, behavior, habitat, and distribution.

The HAB Theory imagines that Earth periodically “capsizes” on its axis, wiping out civilizations. When a ninety‑four‑year‑old engineer stages a fake presidential assassination attempt to publicize his warning, a journalist and two governments scramble to decide whether to believe him.

Tecumseh! presents the full script of Eckert’s outdoor drama about the Shawnee leader, dramatizing his youth, rise as a diplomat and war chief, effort to forge a Native confederacy in the Ohio Country, and ultimate defeat as American expansion rolls west.

The Court‑Martial of Daniel Boone is a young adult historical novel about Boone’s capture and adoption by Shawnee, his escape back to Boonesborough, and the treason charges that follow, culminating in a tense frontier trial he must navigate to clear his name.

Owls of North America (north of Mexico) presents every owl species and subspecies in the region, with full‑color plates by Karl E Karalus and text that covers appearance, calls, behavior, and range, making it a substantial field and reference volume for owl enthusiasts.

The Conquerors, third in the Winning of America series, tells the story of Pontiac’s uprising after the French and Indian War, as British troops, traders, and Native confederacies battle over forts and trade routes in the Great Lakes and Old Northwest country.

Incident at Hawk’s Hill follows six‑year‑old Ben MacDonald, a shy farm boy who becomes lost on the Canadian prairie and survives for weeks by bonding with a wild badger, blending survival adventure with a close, sympathetic look at animal behavior.

In Search of a Whale follows Marlin Perkins and a small crew on a thirteen‑day voyage to capture live whales, mixing day‑by‑day narrative with clear explanations of whale biology, behavior, and the ethical and practical challenges of keeping such animals in captivity.

Wilderness Empire, the second Winning of America volume, centers on the Iroquois League during the French and Indian War, as France and Britain court Native alliances and fight for control of a vast “wilderness empire” neither fully understands.

The King Snake is a young reader’s novel that traces the life of a North Carolina kingsnake from hatching to adulthood, showing how it hunts, survives predators, and helps control other snakes, including venomous ones, while confronting human fear and persecution.

The Dreaming Tree follows a lonely boy at boarding school who finds refuge in a giant oak at the edge of the grounds, climbing into its branches to escape bullying, watch the wild world around him, and imagine the many lives he might one day live.

The Crossbreed is a young adult nature novel about a powerful hybrid cat born of a feral house cat and a wild bobcat, following his near‑fatal early trials, bond with a boy in Wisconsin, and long, perilous journey home after he is swept far south by disaster.

Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees tells the story of Marmaduke Van Swearingen, a white frontier boy captured and adopted by the Shawnee, who grows into the war leader Blue Jacket and fights to defend Ohio Country homelands against encroaching American settlement.

Wild Season is a month‑by‑month portrait of life around an Illinois‑Wisconsin border lake, following birds, mammals, and aquatic creatures through feeding, mating, and survival in spring, and revealing how intensely alive even a familiar local landscape can be.

The Frontiersmen launches the Winning of America series with a narrative of hunters, scouts, and settlers like Simon Kenton as they push into Kentucky and the Ohio Valley, clashing with Native nations in a landscape that is both opportunity and graveyard.

Bayou Backwaters collects narrative sketches of animals in Louisiana’s bayou country, from herons and armadillos to water moccasins and alligators, combining vivid behavior scenes with accessible natural history drawn from field observation and television work.

A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood reconstructs the catastrophic 1913 flood that swept through Dayton, Ohio, following residents, officials, and rescuers hour by hour as levees fail, fires break out, and a city learns how fragile its safeguards really are.

The Last Great Auk is a historically grounded novel about the extinction of the great auk, tracing the bird’s final decades on North Atlantic islands and the human hunters, collectors, and travelers whose choices drive the species to its last doomed pair.