Written and collected over the last 20 years, Ron Ellis has been fortunate to bring back tales from his time while wandering “out there” with like-minded companions, always moving toward “yonder,” and, sometimes, if we were very lucky, just a bit beyond.
About the Author
Ron Ellis is the author of Cogan’s Woods and 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. He is a contributor to the anthologies A Passion for Grouse: The Lore and Legend of America’s Premier Game Bird, Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing, Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs, and The Gigantic Book of Hunting Stories. His stories have appeared in Sporting Classics, Kentucky Afield, Kentucky Monthly, First Draft, The Contemporary Sportsman, and The Contemporary Wingshooter. A recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council’s Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship, he lives in his native Kentucky.