Due to the overwhelming response to "Mason City and Clear Lake Memories: The Early Years," The Globe Gazette is happy to announce a second hardcover pictorial history book, "Mason City and Clear Lake Memories II: The 1940s, 1950s and 1960s."

We are proud to partner with the Mason City Public Library, Clear Lake Public Library, the Mason City Fire Department, and the Mason City Police Department. This heirloom-quality coffee-table book will feature a glimpse of Mason City and Clear Lake from 1940-1969 with a brief reprise of the early years, through stunning historic photos. In addition to images carefully selected from the archives of our partners, we are thrilled to include photographic memories from our readers.