Stories from the Riverbank

<I>Stories From the Riverbank</I> is a collection of published newspaper columns and personal writings that offer glimpses of the cultural personal and natural history of northern Michigan through the eyes of a lifelong resident. Clifford R. Roberts of Onaway shares stories and observations infused with local color and history from the Depression era to the present.</p>Born and raised in sight of Onaway's grain elevator Roberts shares personal and family stories of growing up in a small town whose claim to fame in the early 1900s was Onaway Steers the World by making wooden steering wheels for cars. Fishing and boating on Michigan's lakes rivers and streams figure largely in these tales as do stories of hunting school and family life.</p>Roberts' keen observations of nature-especially wildlife and birds-from his vantage point living on the banks of the Black River and Black Lake comprise the major portion of these writings. As a columnist for his hometown's paper <I>The Onaway Outlook</I> for more than twenty years he shares the best of his writings from columns entitled <I>From the Riverbank</I> <I>From the Lakeshore</I> and <I>On the Road</I>.