Jim Harrison





Jim Harrison

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born
December 11, 1937 in Grayling, Michigan, The United States

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Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, to Winfield Sprague Harrison, a county agricultural agent, and Norma Olivia (Wahlgren) Harrison, both avid readers. He married Linda King in 1959 with whom he has two daughters.

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His awards include National Academy of Arts grants (1967, 68, 69), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969-70), the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountain & Plains Booksellers Association, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007).

Much of Harrison's writing depicts sparsely populated regions of North America with many stories set in places such...more


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Average rating: 3.90 · 9,814 ratings · 1,382 reviews · 65 distinct works
Legends of the Fall
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions
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The English Major: A Novel
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 977 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions
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Dalva
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions
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Returning to Earth
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 582 ratings — published 1977 — 15 editions
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The Woman Lit by Fireflies
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
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True North
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions
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Road Home
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 356 ratings10 editions
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The Beast God Forgot to Invent
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Sundog (Contemporary Classics
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 305 ratings8 editions
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Farmer
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions
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“Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?”
Jim Harrison

“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”
Jim Harrison

“Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.”
Jim Harrison, Wolf False Memoir

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