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Merton L. Harris

(1887-1944)
Texas

"MERTON L. HARRIS, born in Comance County, Texas, is the son of native Texans. Following his education at Baylor University and at the University of Texas, he was first a teacher, and then a lawyer, county attorney, county judge, district attorney of the 21st judicial district for eight years, candidate for congressman of the 10th Congressional District in 1932, and . . . an assistant attorney-general under William McCraw, attorney-general of Texas. As a writer, Mr. Harris has turned to verse and the novel. The former is larger occasional." [Florence Elberta Barns, Texas Writers of Today 225 (Dallas: Tardy Publishing Co., 1935)(Ann Arbor, Michigan: Gryphon Books, 1971)]

Writings

Merton L. Harris, The Golden Mirage: A Romance of the Great Southwest (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1925)(Toronto: J.M. Poole, 1925).