Perth Military Settlement History
An Incomplete Reading List
Non Fiction
Beckwith Then and Now – Township of Beckwith (2016)
Beckwith: Irish and Scottish Identities in a Canadian Community 1816-1891 – Glenn J. Lockwood (1991) – ISBN 0-9695758-0-7
Cheese Stakes: Lanark County’s Mammoth and is Place in Cheesemaking History – Ron W. Shaw (2017) - ISBN
The Condensed Diaries of the Reverend William Bell - As Arranged by Robert Douglas Bell (1845) -
Duty, Conspiracy, Obsession: Daniel Joseph Daverne’s Journey from Dishonour to Redemption – Clark Theobald (2011)
First We Were Soldiers: The Long March to Perth – Ron W. Shaw (2015) – ISBN 978-1-4602-5972-6
Follow The Crowd – John A. McKenty (2008) – ISBN 978-1-55452-329-0
Forgotten Hero: Biography of Alexander Fraser - Ron W. Shaw & Irene Spence (2012) - ISBN 978-0-9917350-0-6.
Hints to Immigrants – Rev. William Bell (1824) - http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/bell_diaries.htm
A History of Education in the District of Bathurst - Maurice E. Williams (1951)
A History of Drummond Township – John C. Ebbs (1997) – ISBN 1-894263-14-6
At Home in Tay Valley – Edited by Kay Rogers (2015) – ISBN 978-1-77257-020-5
Imperial Immigrants – Michael E. Vance (2012) – ISBN 978-1-55488-756-9
Influence & Ambition: First Persons of Perth – Ron W. Shaw (2016) – ISBN 978-1-77240-039-7
Interesting Notes and Comments from the Diary of Rev. John MacDonald, Roman Catholic Priest at Perth, Upper Canada 1823-1837 – ISBN 978-1-77240-037-3
Lanark Legacy, Nineteenth Century Glimpses of an Ontario County – Howard Morton Brown (1984) - ISBN 0-969-0289-2-X
The Lanark Society Settlers 1820-1821 – Carol Bennett (1991) – ISBN 0-91937-24-5
A Man Austere, William Bell, Parson & Pioneer – Isabel Skelton (1947)
The Memorable Duel at Perth – Edward Shortt (1970) – Perth Museum
The Merchants, Professionals and Tradespeople of Perth – Gus Quattrocchi (1998)
175 Years of Faith: The Story of the Parish of St. John the Baptist Perth 1823-1998 – Parish History Committee (1998)
Perth Remembered – Edited by Edward Shortt (1967)
Perth, Tradition & Style in Eastern Ontario - Larry Turner (1998) - ISBN 978-0-92047-475-4
A Pioneer History of the County of Lanark – Jean S. McGill (1968) – ISBN 0-9690087-1-6
Pioneer Sketches in the District of Bathurst – Andrew Haydon (1925) - ISBN 1-894378-81-4
South Elmsley in the Making 1783-1983 – James R. Kennedy (1984) - ISBN 0-9691624-0-5
Square Deal Garage – John A. McKenty (2000) – ISBN 978-0-9687069-0-9
St. Crispin’s Legacy: Shoemaking in Perth, Ontario 1834 – 2004 - John McKenty (2014) – ISBN 978-1460003794
Tales of The Hare: A Prequel and Sequel to Last Fatal Duel – Ron W. Shaw (2013) ISBN 978-14602-1853-3
The Upper Ottawa Valley to 1855 – Edited by Richard M. Reid (1990) – ISBN 0-88629-100-3
Valley Irish – Carol Bennett (1983) – ISBN 0-919137-07-5
Fiction
Duel – David Mulholland (2009) – ISBN 978-1-897508-39-8
A Matter of Honour – Susan Code (1996) – ISBN 1-896182-27-5
Perth-on-the-Tay: A Tale of Transplanted Highlanders – Josephine Smith (1901) – ISBN 978-117734593