Hartt Wixom

Who is Hartt Wixom?

Hartt Partridge Wixom is a retired American writer who specialized in the topics of hunting, fishing, wildlife and environmental protection, and Latter-Day Saints history. His most recent works focus on early LDS history: Jacob Hamblin, Profiles in Mormon Courage, and Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith. Another book on early LDS history, Edward Partridge, is a biography of Wixom's great-great-grandfather, the first presiding bishop of the LDS church. In 1998 Wixom gave the annual Juanita Brooks Lecture at Dixie State College in St. George, Utah on the subject of Jacob Hamblin. In 2009 Wixom was the featured speaker at the annual Jacob Hamblin Days celebration in Kanab, Utah.

Hunting and fishing books by Wixom include Fishing: The Extra Edge, Personalized Fishing Guide to Utah, Improve the World, Go Fishing, Fishing and Hunting Guide to Utah, Elk and Elk Hunting, and Penny Pinching Guide to Bigger Fish and Better Hunting. Wixom helped organize the first chapter of Trout Unlimited in 1965, serving as its first president.