Books by Spurlin authors
A bibliography of books by authors surnamed Spurlin, from 1940s intellectual history and Texas military history to self-published fiction, compiled mainly from Open Library catalogue records.
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An author search for "Spurlin" in the Open Library catalogue returned 64 works in September 2026.[1] The list below groups the most distinct titles by author. Dates are first-publication years as Open Library gives them, and publishers are as catalogued. Some titles by people with the Spurling spelling are covered in separate articles and are left out here.
Scholarship and history
- Paul Merrill Spurlin (born 1902): Montesquieu in America, 1760–1801 (Louisiana State University Press, 1940; reprinted by Octagon Books, 1969)[2]; Rousseau in America, 1760–1809 (University of Alabama Press, 1969)[3]; Readership in the American Enlightenment (Ohio State University Press, 1975)[1]; The French Enlightenment in America: Essays on the Times of the Founding Fathers (University of Georgia Press, 1984; reissued 2021)[4][5]. See Paul Merrill Spurlin.
- Harold M. Spurlin, co-editor with Emil Ott and Mildred W. Grafflin: Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives, second edition (Interscience, 1954–55)[6]. See Harold M. Spurlin.
- Charles D. Spurlin: West of the Mississippi with Waller's 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion, CSA (Hill Junior College Press, 1971); Texas Veterans in the Mexican War (1984); Texas Volunteers in the Mexican War (Eakin Press, 1998); The Victoria College, 1925–2000 (1999); Civil War Diary of Charles A. Leuschner (Eakin Press, 2000).[1] See Charles D. Spurlin.
- William J. Spurlin: The New Criticism and Contemporary Literary Theory (co-editor, Garland, 1995); Reclaiming the Heartland (co-editor, University of Minnesota Press, 1996); Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English (NCTE, 2000); Imperialism within the Margins (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006); Lost Intimacies (Peter Lang, 2008); Contested Borders (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).[1][7] See William J. Spurlin.
- Charlotte Ellen Spurlin: Edgewood, 1857–1957 (Edgewood Lions Club, 1987).[1]
- Candice Spurlin: State Documents Bibliography: South Dakota (American Association of Law Libraries, 2011).[1]
- R. P. Spurlin: a 1942 University of Michigan School of Public Health study of dental health in urban and rural children.[1]
Technology
- Vaughn Spurlin, with Tim Boudreau, Jesse Glick and Simeon Greene: NetBeans: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly, 2002).[1][8]
Religion and inspiration
- Bob Spurlin: Tackling Life's Troubles (Sain Publications, 2000) and Don't Ever Give Up (Sain Publications, 2003). Goodreads also lists Dial 911: Essentials to Living Life in the 21st Century.[1][9] See Bob Spurlin.
- Leroy F. Spurlin: Life and Action (Kessinger reprint, 2004).[1]
Genealogy
- Helen Spurlin: There Was a Gaspar in the Family (1991) and Oxcarts through the Cumberland Gap: John Paul Vaught Line, Descendants of Henry Vaught (1993), both self-published.[1][10]
Poetry, fiction and memoir
- Hattie Spurlin Mathews (1856–1933, per Open Library): Thoughts by the Way (Naylor Co., 1963).[11]
- Ruth M. Spurlin: Behind Closed Doors (Northwest Publishing, 1995), Worse Than Death (Windsor House, 2001) and A Little Girl in a Woman's Shadow (AuthorHouse, 2004).[1]
- Barbara Spurlin: Wish I Had a Pony (2007) and Jellyfish on the Menu (2011), both from High-Pitched Hum Publishing.[1]
- LaTarsha Spurlin: Regular Girl (2019), Female He (2020) and King (2020), all independently published.[1][12] See LaTarsha Spurlin.
- Wendy Spurlin: contributor to the ArmLin House titles Genesis and Fall Night Fun (2023) and Polished Pages (2025).[1] See Wendy Spurlin.
- S. B. Spurlin: Improvised Force (Outskirts Press, 2013).[1]
Note on the data
Open Library is volunteer-edited and has duplicate records. It sometimes lists reprints under a later year, and publisher names are copied as entered. Readers should check important details against WorldCat or the Library of Congress.[1]
See also
- Paul Merrill Spurlin · People strong
Paul Merrill Spurlin (1902–1994) was an American scholar of French literature who taught at the University of Michigan and wrote on how the French Enlightenment was received in America, including Montesquieu in America (1940) and Rousseau in America (1969). - Harold M. Spurlin · People strong
Harold Morton Spurlin (1905–1992) was a cellulose and polymer chemist at the Hercules Powder Company from at least 1929. He was named on some 44 Hercules patents filed between 1929 and 1969, co-edited the standard reference Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives (2nd ed., from 1954), and received the Anselme Payen Award in 1964. - Charles D. Spurlin (historian) · History mixed
Charles Dennis Spurlin (1932–2013) was a Texas historian and Victoria College professor. He wrote Texas Volunteers in the Mexican War and a history of Waller's 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion, and edited the Civil War diary of Charles A. Leuschner. - William J. Spurlin · People strong
William J. Spurlin (born 1954) is an American-born literary scholar, Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Brunel University London, known for work in queer and postcolonial studies. He is a different person from the recording artist William Spurlin and, apparently, from the Boston broadcast engineer Bill Spurlin. - Bob Spurlin (minister) · People mixed
Robert Dean "Bob" Spurlin (1945–2016) was an Alabama-born preacher in the Churches of Christ and the author of inspirational books, including Tackling Life's Troubles (2000) and Don't Ever Give Up (2003), published by Sain Publications. - LaTarsha Spurlin · People mixed
LaTarsha Spurlin is an independently published American fiction author whose books include Regular Girl (2019), Female He (2020) and King (2020). - Wendy Spurlin · People mixed
Wendy Spurlin is a Colorado-based writer, illustrator and editor who founded the small publisher and production company ArmLin House. - Published Spurlin and Spurling family histories · Genealogy mixed
The main published genealogies are Quincy Haggard Spurlin's 'SPURLIN: A Spurlin Family in America' (1987) and Norman Kent Spurling's two-volume 'Spurling family history in Virginia & North Carolina' (1998). Shorter family articles appear in county heritage books, and the largest online trees are on WikiTree and FamilySearch. - Fictional characters named Spurlin · Culture strong
Characters surnamed Spurlin in novels, pulp science fiction, television and film, including an explorer in a 1942 Planet Stories tale, a politician in C. J. Cherryh's Regenesis (2009), the heroine of a 1993 romance, and minor characters on British and American screens. - Notable Spurlins · People strong
An index of notable people surnamed Spurlin, with related Spurling-surname figures listed separately as variants. - Spurlins in academia and science · People strong
A roundup of scholars, scientists and faculty surnamed Spurlin, including the Enlightenment historian Paul Merrill Spurlin, the Hercules cellulose chemist Harold M. Spurlin and the literary scholar William J. Spurlin.
References
- ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ Open Library search: author "Spurlin" — 64 works; basis for most listings (queried via search.json API) Reference
- ↑ Montesquieu in America, 1760-1801 — Open Library Reference
- ↑ Rousseau in America, 1760-1809 — Open Library Reference
- ↑ The French Enlightenment in America — Open Library Reference
- ↑ French Enlightenment in America (2021 reissue) — Digital Library of Georgia Reference
- ↑ Cellulose and cellulose derivatives (1954) — Open Library Reference
- ↑ William J. Spurlin — Open Library author page Reference
- ↑ NetBeans — Open Library Reference
- ↑ Bob Spurlin — Goodreads author page Social
- ↑ Oxcarts Through the Cumberland Gap — Google Books Reference
- ↑ Hattie Spurlin Mathews — Open Library author page Reference
- ↑ LaTarsha Spurlin — Goodreads author page Social
Last reviewed 2026-09-24.