Send for Me: The McCleary Story

From Northern Ireland in 1850 to today’s western United States, this is the saga of James and Jean McCleary, the author’s grandparents, an immigrant family who began their odyssey in the hill country of County Antrim. Into the coal fields of Scotland, then across the sea to Canada, the McClearys’ story takes them at last to the United States: via Detroit; Butte, Montana; and Washington State. Plagued by obstacles and hardships, but bolstered by their courage, humor and tenacity, the McClearys brush against greatness along the way, encountering such notables as Henry Ford, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kirk Douglas and John F. Kennedy.

A second-generation Irish American, Suzanne McCleary holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Writing Concentration from Western Washington University in Bellingham (1994). A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, she lives on the east side of Washington State. This is her first book.