Clara’s fa­ther was song writ­er George Root. Her works include:

• Sweet Clover: A Ro­mance of the White Ci­ty
• The Right Prin­cess
• The Wise Wo­man
• A Great Love
• Miss Bagg’s Sec­re­ta­ry: A West Point Ro­mance
• Dearly Bought
• No Gen­tle­men
• The Mist­ress of Beech Knoll
• The Queen of Far­ran­dale
• The Lea­ven of Love
• Opened Shut­ters, 1914
• Jew­el: A Chap­ter in Her Life, 1915
• Instead of the Thorn, 1916
• Heart’s Ha­ven, 1922

1. As the Dew Des­cends and the Gen­tle Rain
2. Fling the Glor­i­ous Ban­ner Out upon the Breeze
3. From the Deep Star-La­den Sky
4. Help from the Mighty One
5. In the East the Sun in Glo­ry
6. Once More We Ga­ther Here
7. Raise the Song of Joy
8. Signs That Fill the Air Fore­tell, The
9. Suffer the Child­ren
10. When Sum­mer Outpours Her Wealth