In That Sweet Country
In That Sweet Country is a fresh, exhilarating collection of a renowned fishing writer’s previously published works. A recognized name in outdoor writing, Middleton brings us inspiring selections such as An Angler’s Lament” from Southern Living (1987),Spring on the Miramichi” from The Flyfisher (1991), A Haunting Obsession with Brown Trout” from the New York Times (1992), and many more. Readers who have loved Middleton’s work will cherish this compilation, while novice fishermen will gain a view of the world as Middleton saw it: There are so few left, so few who believe the earth is enough.”
Harry Middleton was a senior editor for Southern Living and wrote countless articles for periodicals such as the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Field & Stream, Smithsonian, Sierra, Gray's Sporting Journal, and more. He authored five books about fly fishing. He died in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1993.
Ron Ellis is the author of Brushes with Nature: The Art of Ron Van Gilder and editor of In That Sweet Country: Uncollected Writings of Harry Middleton and Of Woods & Waters: A Kentucky Outdoors Reader. His stories have been published in Sporting Classics, Kentucky Afield, Kentucky Monthly, and The Contemporary Sportsman, among others. Ellis is a 2013 recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council's Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship in creative nonfiction. He lives in his native Kentucky.