BOOKS BY JAN MERLIN
All these books are currently in print and
available from Xlibris, at Xlibris.com/bookstore
or [email protected].
FICTION:
Gunbearer, Part I TheBurton/Speke search for the source of the Nile.
Gunbearer, Part II The Speke/Grant search for the source of the Nile.
[Both books recreate exotic Victorian Era episodes of adventure and exploration,
as told far more truthfully by an African who was present, than recounted in the published
journals of the British explorers.]
Ainoko Originally published as BROCADE by Avon Books in 1982, this
tells of the sordid life of a mixed-blood boy and his mother in early Post-War Japan.
Gypsies Don't Lie An immigrant Polish woman struggles to raise
her son and daughter in New York City during the Great Depression Era and World
War II.
Crackpots Two tales of treasures set in the 1950s, having little in common
but Pacific Ocean shores. The Bakla's Cross is about a film company in the
Phillippines Republic, while The High Priestess concerns the odd residents
of a notorious hillside in Hollywood.
Shooting Montezuma Celebrated film stars and a legendary
director make a film concealing a secret they cannot keep. This novel is based on
the author's involvement with The List of Adrian Messenger, a Universal-International
motion picture directed by John Houston.
The Paid Companion of John Wilkes Booth (co-authored with William Russo)
Was he a misled young Rebel deserter? An Abraham Lincoln myth haunts and scandalizes
as it erupts into violence and explodes into final moments of horror and guilt.
NONFICTION:
Troubles in a Golden Eye (co-authored with William Russo)
Concerning a failed John Houston movie starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando,
Brian Keith and Julie Harris. What went wrong?!?
MGM Makes “Boys' Town” — from Scripts to Film
(co-authored with William Russo) Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney vie for an Oscar.
Hanging with Billy Budd (co-authored with William Russo) The various
versions constructed from the Herman Melville high-seas poetic tragedy for stage, opera,
television, film, radio and even a one-night Broadway musical flop!
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