Bookography
1997-2011 – Gerry and Janet Souter
2011 Releases
The Founding of the United States Experience (Second Edition – Hard cover – K-Format)
Carlton Publishing Group, Ltd. London, For release in Spring, 2011
An American Shooter – A personal history of gun culture in the United States
Forward by Morris Gordon Bakken, BS, MS, Ph.d, Professor of History, California State University, Fullerton; Past President of Phi Alpa Theta, national honor society in history; founding vice president and a director of the California Supreme Court Historical Society; Potomac Books, Virginia, to be released fall, 2011
The Afghanistan-Iraq Wars
Carlton Publishing Group, Ltd. London (Distributed in U.S. by Scholastic in summer, 2011)
2010 Releases
The Chicago Air & Water Show – A History of Wings Above the Waves
History Press, Salem, Mass, released summer, 2010
2009 Releases
Our Founding Fathers – the Shaping of America (sequel to the Founding of the United States Experience, 1763-1815)
Carlton Publishing Group, Ltd., Sevenoaks Publishing, 2009
Arlington Heights – A Brief History
History Press, Salem Mass., 2009
The Earnhardts – A Biography (and the history of NASCAR)
Greenwood Publishing Group – 2009
American Realism
10 American artist biographies – 2009
Sirrocco Publishing, Paris
2007 Releases
The Founding of the United States Experience, 1763-1815
Carlton Publishing Group, Ltd. Random House USA., slip-cased,
October 17, 2006-2007 (print run reprinted – total sold over 50,000 copies)
The Vietnam War Experience
Carlton Publishing Group, Ltd/ Barnes & Noble USA, slip-cased
(released in November, 2007) (print run sold out)
Careers in the Department of Homeland Security Series
Careers in the United States
Secret Service and Federal Protective Service,
Enslow Publishing, hard cover, 2007
Careers in the Transportation
Security Administration
Enslow Publishing, hard cover, 2007
Modern Military Weapons Series
Battle Tanks – Firepower in the Field,
Enslow Publishing hardcover, 2007
Modern Military Rifles – Fierce Firepower,
Enslow Publishing, hardcover 2007
Artist Biography Series (Sirrocco International)
(Timoris Editions – 50,000-70,000 words, hard cover)
Frida Kahlo – Beneath the Mirror
Biography, hard cover, 2005
Georgia O'Keeffe
Biography, hard cover, 2005
Alexander Calder
Biography, hard cover, 2006 (French edition)
Camille Claudel
Biography, 2007 (French Edition)
Edward Hopper – Light and Dark
Biography, oversize hardcover, 2007
Diego Rivera – His Art and His Passions
Biography, oversize hardcover, 2007
(Boxed set with Frida Kahlo)
Mark Rothko – A Vision Unique and Demanding
Biography, 2009
Kasimir Malevich
Biography, oversize hardcover, 2008
Other titles since 1997
The American Fire Station (hard cover)
The American Fire Station (soft cover)
Motorbooks International (MBI) Publishers, Minneapolis, for Andover Junction packagers, 1998 – hard cover, Three reprints, Picked up by Barnes & Noble Publishing as Fire Stations with new cover and back art in soft cover, 2002.
American Toy Train History Series
The American Toy Train Motorbooks International (MBI) Publishers, Minneapolis, for Andover Junction packagers, 1999 – hard cover, one reprint in soft cover with new cover and back art and title:
Classic Toy Trains, 2001
Motorbooks International (MBI) Publishers, Minneapolis, 1999 – hard cover
Lionel – America's Favorite Toy Trains
Motorbooks International (MBI) Publisher, Minneapolis, for Andover Junction packagers, 2000, hard cover. Note: Reprinted in soft cover, 2007
Classic Lionel Trains
Motorbooks International (MBI) Publisher, Minneapolis, soft cover, 2001
Modern Toy Trains
Motorbooks International (MBI) Publisher, Minneapolis, soft cover, 2001
American Flyer – Classic Toy Trains
Barnes & Noble Publishing/ Sterling, NYC, hard cover, 2002
Our American Presidents Series:
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
John Quincy Adams
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
Peterson Publishing for Creative Spark packagers, San Juan Capistrano, five presidential biographies, soft cover, juvenile market, 2001
(Series reprinted in 2008 with additional text, illustrations)
Internet Learning Series (4 books):
Bringing Photos, Music and Video Into Your Web Page
Creating Animation for Your Web Page
Creating E-Reports and On-Line Presentations
Researching the Internet Using Search Engines, Bulletin Boards and Listservs
Enslow Publishing for Creative Spark packagers, San Juan Capistrano, four books on using the Internet, soft cover, Young Adult market, 2003
Regional History (commissioned)
Arlington Heights, Illinois – Downtown Renaissance
Arcadia Press, Chicago, IL, soft cover, 2001
Chronicle of a Prairie Town
Arlington Heights Historical Society, hard cover, 1997 (Winner: Supreme Award Illinois Society of Historical Museums, Winner: Illinois Library Association Superior Award), Promotional video winner: International Telly Award, Regional Promotion
The Fabric of Our History
Northbrook Historical Society, hard cover, 1998
Fiction Titles
The Legend of Miss REO Grande (#1 of series)
Historical action-adventure
Kindle- Amazon.com 2011
Our Daring Clementine (#2 of series)
Historical action-adventure
Kindle- Amazone.com 2011
The Battle of Bradley Station (#3 of series)
Historical action-adventure
Kindle- Amazon.com 2011
Kilgore's Colt
Historical action-adventure
Kindle- Amazon.com 2011
Enclave
Humor-thriller
I Universe (POD) 1999
Miscellaneous
"Peter- Peter"
Graphic novel short story, Vampirella Magazine, Warren Publishing, 1979
Buying and Selling Multimedia Services
Focal Press; Boston, soft cover, 1997
Burlington Zephyrs (railroad history)
Specialty Press, Inc, North Branch, MN – 2005
Edited Books
The Eye for Innovation
Robert M. Price, CEO (retired) Control Data Corporation, 2006,
Yale University Press, 2005
VO – Tales & Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
Harlan Hogan, Allworth Press, NYC, 2002
T.S. Basquiat and Graffiti Art
Sirrocco, Paris, 2009