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Jim Harrison

James Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, the son of a county agricultural agent. He was blinded in one eye in childhood. His father and sister died in a car accident when he was 21. He attended Michigan State University and received a B.A. in 1960 and an M.A in 1964 in Comparative Literature. After working as an assistant professor of English at State University of New York, Stony Brook, he became a full-time writer.

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American poet, novelist, and essayist

Born 11 December 1937
Died 26 March 2016

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  • Cover of: A good day to die

    First published in 1973 — 12 editions
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    First published in 1981 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Sundog: the story of an American foreman, Robert Corvus Strang, as told to Jim Harrison : a novel.

    Cover of edition sundogstoryof00harr First published in 1984 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Returning to Earth

    Cover of edition returningtoearth00jimh First published in 2006 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Legends of the fall

    Cover of edition legendsfallpalad00harr First published in 1978 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Dalva

    First published in 1988 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1995 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Wolf: A False Memoir

    First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Farmer

    First published in 1980 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters to Yesenin (Copper Canyon Classics)

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  • Cover of: Farmer

    First published in 1976 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The woman lit by fireflies

    Cover of edition womanlitbyfirefl00harr First published in 1990 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Dalva

    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Off to the Side: A Memoir

    First published in 2002 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Saving Daylight

    First published in 2006 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected & New Poems

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Summer He Didn't Die (Library Edition)

    First published in 2005 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The English major

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  • Cover of: Selected & new poems, 1961-1981

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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American poet, novelist, and essayist

Born 11 December 1937
Died 26 March 2016

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, Michigan, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, short stories (single author), Social life and customs, Large type books, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Families, Family, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, Romans, nouvelles, American Authors, American poetry, Authors, biography, Biography, Brothers, Cults, Fiction, sagas, Indians, Life change events, Men, Middle-aged men, Mixed descent

Places

Michigan, United States, Upper Peninsula (Mich.), Nebraska, Montana, Upper Peninsula, Amérique, Key West, Supérieure, Péninsule (Mich.), West (U.S.)

People

Jim Harrison (1937-2016), Jim Harrison (1937-), Jim Harrison (1936-), Russell Chatham

Time

20th century, 20e siècle, 21e siècle

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
September 5, 2017 Edited by jim9000 -added death date
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
January 29, 2016 Edited by Tom Morris Edited without comment.
April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import