Clare E. Adkin

For most of his life, Clare E. Adkin Jr. daydreamed about exploring Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. He finally lived that dream in May 2011, and ever since then, he has wanted to do it again. As a high school history teacher, Adkin always tries to instill in his students how it was to live in another time and place. In his novel Chance, his most recent work, Adkin creates that sensation for his readers-September 1963, traveling from the west end of the Santa Monica...See more

For most of his life, Clare E. Adkin Jr. daydreamed about exploring Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. He finally lived that dream in May 2011, and ever since then, he has wanted to do it again. As a high school history teacher, Adkin always tries to instill in his students how it was to live in another time and place. In his novel Chance, his most recent work, Adkin creates that sensation for his readers-September 1963, traveling from the west end of the Santa Monica Pier in California to the foot of Adams Street in Chicago.Other books by Clare E. Adkin Jr. include Brother Benjamin: A History of the Israelite House of David, Quiet Guilt: The State of Michigan v. Starr, A Country School, Clare E. Adkin Jr.: A Memoir, and Passing Generations: Patriotic Family Remembrances. See less