Hal Borland

Hal Borland's first outdoor essay appeared in The New York Times in the fall of 1941 and since then he has published some 1,200 more, many of them having been reprinted in anthologies and English textbooks. The essays have continued through the years to draw a large reader mail-from all over the United States and occasionally from abroad.Mr. Borland and his wife, author Barbara Dodge Borland, have lived for the past several years on their farm in Connecticut's lower Berkshire Hills. He was born...See more

Hal Borland's first outdoor essay appeared in The New York Times in the fall of 1941 and since then he has published some 1,200 more, many of them having been reprinted in anthologies and English textbooks. The essays have continued through the years to draw a large reader mail-from all over the United States and occasionally from abroad.Mr. Borland and his wife, author Barbara Dodge Borland, have lived for the past several years on their farm in Connecticut's lower Berkshire Hills. He was born in Nebraska; much of his boyhood was spent on a homestead in eastern Colorado - recaptured memorably in one of his most popular books, High, Wide and Lonesome. He was graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism and received a Litt.D. degree from the University of Colorado in 1944.Hal Borland has written another book of outdoor essays, This Hill. This Valley; three novels, When the Legends Die. The Seventh Winter, and The Amulet; a book about his dog Pat, The Dog Who Came to Stay; and a tale of the first Christmas, The Youngest Shepherd. See less