Joseph Clark, 3rd. WRITER, HISTORIAN, BOOKSELLER , collector and publisher of short stories about TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. The reclusive researcher, old time AM radio deejay, MAIN PAGE with interesting QUICK links.

Joseph Clark 3Rd, writer, historian, old time AM radio deejay, collector, writer and publisher of stories and books, cds and dvds about Tolland, Massachusetts.

Tolland, Massachusett's (pop.425) third oldest native, only seven people in town have lived  in town longer than he.

ANNOUNCING, A COLLABORATION  BETWEEN JOSEPH CLARK AND COMPOSER ANDREW BONACCI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT  OF WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, ON "THE WINDS OF TOLLAND", A COLLECTION OF PUBLISHED WORKS BY CLARK, TO BE SET INTO A SERIOUS MUSIC PRESENTATION FOR THE SUMMER OF 2010,  AS A GIFT TO THE TOWN OF TOLLAND IN HONOR OF THE  200TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING.  DETAILS TO BE POSTED . 

Joseph J. Clark 3rd. was born Dec 5, 1943 (a war baby , NOT a baby boomer, he points out) Raised on a modest family farm, where he spent his youth as a lazy daydreamer, Clark, a direct descendant of TWO passengers on the Mayflower, graduated from the 8th grade, the only graduate in his class from the one room Tolland School in 1957.

After graduating from The Gilbert School in 1961, he moved on to 20 years as one of the last class of old time AM radio music deejays, working radio stations, 16 in all, along the east coast, including a 1965-67 stint as the only all night live rock deejay in Washington DC. The" All Night Pajama Party " was widely heard. Then has was overcome by homesickness and poor  spousal choices which brought him back to Tolland, a lonely end of the road in western Massachusetts.

Clark wrote his first book about the town in 1979. The consumate storyteller, he has since then  written several more  plus broadsheets, and has done videos, tapes and cds. some of which are still available.

In 2005, Clark's first official history of the town  was published by THE WICKET GROUNDS, INC.

ALONG THE TOTO TRIAL:THE HISTORY OF TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, can be purchased online with paypal codewords "Joseph Clark III, inkoming@netzero.net   for $15 and is shipped postpaid, or by ordering directly by emailing the above, or to Wicket Grounds, Inc. 1043 Burt Hill Road, Tolland, Ma. 01034. All checks should be made out to The Wicket Grounds, Inc.

The Tolland history book is 255 pages long, soft cover. A complete chapter by chapter synopsis is online at http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/members2/index.html . 

Joe's newest book,  The Last Days of WBZY....(Ardvark, 150 pages softbound...non-fiction.) is also available  in the same process as above. This new book tells the story, abeit strange story, of Torringtons CT's first and most powerful radio station which went off the air for good in 1964, with of course, Joe throwing the final switch. Its funny, warm and laced with inside information on how those good old AM  radio stations worked...but like all of Joes work, its clean, safe  and written  for most ages. Its great fun......$12.00, postpaid.

Joseph Clark is one of those country charactors that you read about but seldom see. Better that way.

Married 29 years to Susan, his devoted, loyal and long suffering wife with a "bunny face"  Joe has three grown children and three grandchildren. He and Susan still reside in the rambling, dusty, if not spooky old farmhouse in Tolland and operate a golf driving range .