Harry Middleton was a southern American nature writer, most noted for his book The Earth is Enough

The Earth is Enough

The Earth is Enough is the best known novel by author, Harry Middleton.It was published in March 1995 by the Pruett Publishing Company.The book chronicles Middleton's young life growing up in the rural Ozark mountains.- Reviews :...

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Biography

Little is known about Middleton's life other than the information he offered through his novels. Middleton died a garbage man in the summer of 1993. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Marcy Middleton and sons, Travis and Sean Middleton of Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

, Alabama; father, Harry Frederick Middleton, Scottsdale, Arizona; sister, Mrs. Donna Middleton Bates; grandparents, Mrs. Rose Middleton, Shreveport, Louisiana and Travis Jones, Arkansas.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BI&p_theme=bi&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Harry%20AND%20Middleton&s_dispstring=Harry%20Middleton%20AND%20AND%20date(1993)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1993&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no

He had previously worked as an outdoors columnist for Southern Living

Southern Living

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magazinehttp://www.alibris.com/search/books/subject/Middleton%20Harry, but it is speculated that they fired him and that this spurred a depression which helped lead to his demise. Prior to working at "Southern Living," Middleton wrote in the early 1980s for a magazine called "Louisiana Life." His column of personal observations, entitled "Louisiana At Large," included essays with titles such as "The Day the Spider Died," and "The Boy's First Brush with Education."

Middleton was an English major at Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University, known as NSU, is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.NSU was founded in 1884 as...

 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and earned a master's degree in Western history at Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 in 1973. His thesis: Frontier outpost: a history of Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1822-1846 .

He lived in New Orleans, where he wrote about food, art, music and books for Figaro, an alternative newspaper. He later moved to Birmingham.http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1172431605/0

Harry Middleton is also widely considered to be an outstanding American fishing writer. His signed books command high prices and are collectable. His first was published in 1989.

Texts

Middleton published the following books:

• Rivers of Memory, published by Pruett Publishing Company, April 1993, 112 pages.http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871088355/
• The Earth is Enough
  The Earth is Enough
  The Earth is Enough is the best known novel by author, Harry Middleton.It was published in March 1995 by the Pruett Publishing Company.The book chronicles Middleton's young life growing up in the rural Ozark mountains.- Reviews :...
  
  , published by Pruett Publishing Company, March 1995, 228 pages.http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871088746/
• On the Spine of Time, published by Pruett Publishing Company, March 1997, 200 pages.http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871088924/
• The Bright Country, published by Pruett Publishing Company, October 2000, 259 pages.http://www.pruettpublishing.com/flyfishing/thebrightcountry.html

Middleton also published a LTD Edition Book called "The Starlight Creek Angling Society" Meadow Run Press.

Accomplishments

• Friends of American Writers Award
• Outdoor Writers Association of America Best Book Award
• Southeastern Outdoor Press Best Book Awardhttp://www.pruettpublishing.com/flyfishing/thebrightcountry.html

External links

Grave information - click on number to right.

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=middleton&GSfn=harry+&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=33593963

Search for Harry's books here.

• http://www.sawgrassbooks.com