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Borden Deal (October 12, 1922 – January 22, 1985) was an American novelist and short story writer. [ 1 ] Biography. [] Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, [ 2 ] Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought forest fires in the Pacific Northwest.
In 1955, Deal became a full-time professional writer of fiction (Lloyd 125), publishing under the names Loyse Deal, Lee Borden, and Leigh Borden (Kibler 69). In 1946, Deal enrolled in the University of Alabama of Tuscaloosa and received his B.A. in three years (Lloyd 125).
Jan 25, 1985 · Borden Deal, a popular novelist who frequently set his stories in his native South, died on Tuesday of a heart attack in Sarasota, Fla. He was 62 years old. Mr. Deal's best-known...
Borden Deal was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought forest fires in the Pacific Northwest.
Borden Deal ( ) October 12, 1922 – January 22, 1985) was an American novelist and short story writer. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Biography. Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought forest fires in the Pacific Northwest.
Novelist Borden Deal (1922-1985) was born Loyse Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi. In his youth, Deal joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought fires in the Pacific Northwest, and worked on a showboat, at a lumber mill, and as a migrant laborer.
Borden Deal was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, near New Albany, in 1922. He was a child of the Great Depression, and the trauma of his upbringing never left him. His family lost their farm, and his father died in an accident when Deal was sixteen. The young Deal left home to join the Civilian Conservation Corps and later the U. S. Navy.
