Jon Hassler

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born

March 30, 1933 in Minneapolis, The United States

died

March 20, 2008

gender

male

website

http://home.comcast.net/~ktebo/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Books

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Jon Hassler was born in Minneapolis, but spent his formative years in the small Minnesota towns of Staples and Plainview, where he graduated from high school. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. John's University in 1955. While teaching English at three different Minnesota high schools, he received his Master of Arts degree in English from the University of North Dakota in 1960. He continued to teach at the high school level until 1965, when he began his collegiate teaching career: first at Bemidji State University, then Brainerd Community College (now called Central Lakes College), and finally at Saint John's, where he became the Writer-in-Residence in 1980.

During his high-school teaching years, Hassler married and...more

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Average rating: 3.80 · 2,882 ratings · 314 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Staggerford 3.84 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Green Journey 3.92 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Grand Opening 3.87 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	North of Hope by Jon Hassler, Amy Welborn (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dear James by Jon Hassler, Joan Wester Anderson (Introduction), Amy Welborn (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Love Hunter 3.71 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Simon's Night 3.88 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Rookery Blues 3.81 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dean's List 3.81 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Staggerford Flood 3.39 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:

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