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Essential Clare County History Reading List

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Often people ask for local history books and here is a great list of books to read if you are interested in Clare, Farwell, Harrison or Clare County history:

Clare by Robert Knapp (Arcadia Publishing, 2012) Pictorial history of Clare  in the Images of America series.  

Clare Remembered 1879-1979 by the Clare Area Centennial Committee (1978)

Cut and Run! Railroad Logging in Clare County by Dr. James S. Hannum M.D.  (Hannum House Publications 2014)

Farwell by Angela Kellogg and Nick Loomis (Arcadia Publishing, 2016) Pictorial history of Farwell  in the Images of America series.  

Harrison by Angela Kellogg and Cody Beemer (Arcadia Publishing, 2014) Pictorial history of Harrison  in the Images of America series.  

Josiah Littlefield, Lumberman-Conservationist: An Autobiography 

Michigan's Heartland by Forrest Meek

Michigan Timber Battleground by Forrest Meek

Mystery Man Gangster, Oil and Murder in Michigan by Robert Knapp (Cliophile Press 2014)

Sacred Buildings: Historic Clare Michigan Churches by Ken Lingaur (2018)

Small Town Citizen, Minion of the Mob: Sam Garfield's Two Lives Purple Gangsters, Meyer Lansky and Life in Clare, Michigan by Robert Knapp (Cliophile Press 2018)

Spikehorn  The Life Story of John E. Meyer by T.M. Sellers (1994)

Ticket to Hell by  Roy Dodge

Where They Lived by Ken Linguar 

The Road to Marion Town  by J. August Lithen

Clare County at 150: History and Stories 1871-2021  by Jon Ringelberg (2021)

From Pine Forest to Market City: The History of Clare Michigan's Downtown  by Ken Linguar

Clare County Murder 1871-2020 (2020) by Jon Ringelberg

For light reading here is some just-for-fun  fiction about the Clare county area:

Harrison Town: Discovering God's Grace in Bears, Prayers and County Fair by Michael Newman (2011)

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund (2012)

Do you know a book that should be added to the list?  Please call or email our editor at 989-539-7496 or editor@clarecountycleaver.net

Happy Reading!

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