Works
- Novels:
- The Amulet
- High, Wide, and Lonesome (1956, 1990)
- The Seventh Winter (1960)
- When the Legends Die (1963), about the struggles of a young Ute Indian to live apart from white society, has become a young adult classic. It was adapted as a film by the same name directed by Stuart Millar and released in 1972.
- The King of Squaw Mountain (1964)
- Nature books:
- An American Year (1946)
- Beyond Your Doorstep (1962)
- This Hill, This Valley (1957, 1990), about a year on his Connecticut farm
- Hill Country Harvest
- Sundial of the Seasons
- Seasons
- Hal Borland's Book of Days
- Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year
Borland died in Sharon, Connecticut at the age of 77.
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