Posted by Arnie Jacobsen on Apr 07, 2017
Jerry Harris will talk about the research behind writing “High Meadow Ranch”.
 
Jerry Harris grew up on a farm in Yazoo County, Mississippi and owned horses before he was school age. His father's farm was divided into a cattle operation and a crop raising operation. Jerry graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi with a BA in English. While at Millsaps, he wrote short stories under the tutelage of Pulitzer Prize winner, Eudora Welty, Writer in Residence. After graduating from the University of Mississippi Law School, Jerry moved to Memphis, Tennessee. In March of 1974, Jerry became a prosecutor with the Shelby County, Tennessee Attorney General's Office. He worked as an active trial attorney until 2004 at which time he retired. He was head of the Major Violators Unit, Chief Homicide Prosecutor, and Legal Advisor to the Homicide Bureau of the Memphis Police Department.
During the period from 1976 to 1990, Jerry trained, showed, and judged Quarter Horses and Tennessee Walkers in amateur shows in the Mid South. Jerry moved to Tucson in 2007. His youngest daughter is on the faculty of the University of Virginia. His oldest daughter is a teacher and a successful horse trainer in Georgia. Jerry is a member of the Western Writers of America and is a six year member of the Rotary Club of Tucson of which he is a member of the Scholarship Committee and enjoys helping sell tickets for the Tucson Classics Car Show.
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