Month: September 2023

Back to history Online Resources The American Historical Association — A good place to start for an overview of the resources available to those who want to study history of any kind. Erik Larson’s blog — He doesn’t seem to be updating it any longer, but it has a ton of posts about his process when writing history books. Two PDFs on writing history, one from Duke and another from Southwestern University. Good stuff on primary and secondary sources and how to interpret them. Books to Read Instructional A Short Guide to Writing About History — Richard Marius Like it...

Back to nonfiction With the entire history of humankind to draw from, history is obviously a gigantic genre. And it’s not just the different time periods. Histories can be military, political, biographical. They can be focused on a single subject, sometimes even a single object. Or they can tell the story of an entire people from their appearance in the annals to modern day. There is no end to subjects you can tell the history. However, the best (and best-selling) histories tend to have some things in common that you should consider before diving into this rich genre. 1. Something...