Perth 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

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.

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