Memoirs of Clarence Harding

Clarence Harding born in Brandon in January 1898, died in Manatee County in September 1974. Harding was a well known journalist, writing for both the local Observer News and the Bradenton Herald. His weekly column , "Hook, Line and Sinker" was widely read in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. An inveterate fisherman, he was thoroughly versed with life around the Little Manatee River and often wrote of the history of the area. Harding acknowledge that his memoirs were largely from personal memories as well as long one-on-one discussions with Paul B. Dickman. Taken as a whole, these articles, on life in south Hillsborough County, are some of the few sources on the everyday people of the region around Ruskin and the Little Manatee River