Jim Harrison

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born

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

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male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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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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Books by Jim Harrison

Average rating: 3.90 · 9,814 ratings · 1,382 reviews · 65 distinct works

	Legends of the Fall 3.90 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The English Major: A Novel 3.40 avg rating — 977 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Dalva 4.13 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Returning to Earth 3.87 avg rating — 582 ratings — published 1977 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Woman Lit by Fireflies by Jim Harrison, Jane Rosenman (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	My rating:
	True North 3.69 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Road Home 4.28 avg rating — 356 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Beast God Forgot to Invent 3.95 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sundog (Contemporary Classics 3.92 avg rating — 305 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Farmer 3.99 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jim Harrison

“Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?”
― Jim Harrison

31 people liked it

“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

17 people liked it

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

11 people liked it

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