Thomas mcguane mcguane thomas vol 18 essay

We caught up with the longtime resident of southwest Montana at his winter residence in Florida. He was kind enough to take a break from tarpon fishing to talk with us about, among other things, the good old days in Key West, the changes he sees coming to Montana and his long friendship with Jim Harrison, who died in March 2016.

Thomas McGuane, American writer. Thomas Francis McGuane III was born 11 December 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan. He graduated in 1958 from the boarding school Cranbrook Kingswood School. He also grew up working on a ranch in Wyoming and fished and hunted.

Since publishing his first novel in the late 1960s, Thomas McGuane has gone on to create a large body of work — novels, screenplays, short fiction and essays — beloved by sportsmen and literary critics alike.

Reflecting on the changes in Montana, McGuane says Bozeman is the only town he’s been in where soccer moms will give you the finger. It’s been two years since Jim Harrison died. He was a longtime friend of yours, and you two kept up a faithful correspondence over the years.