In That Sweet Country: Uncollected Writings of Harry Middleton

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Throughout his career, Harry Middleton contributed hundreds of stories, essays, and book reviews to some of the most respected periodicals, including the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, Country Journal, Smithsonian, and Sierra, among others. When he died in 1993, Middleton left behind a legacy rich with mountain streams, wild trout, and fishermen's dreams. 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.