Description

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This book imparts useful guidance to motivated historians, genealogists, special-interest researchers, and local history enthusiasts. Topics include research planning & execution, evaluation of evidence, formulation of conclusions, and the crafting of a summary narrative.

About the Author

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Reginald W. Bacon is a museum and history professional with specialties in early American architecture and domestic life --- and early 20th-century music, vaudeville, and circus. His first career as a journalist and editor --- an old-school news reporter in the profession that "writes the first draft of history" ---built the foundation for his current books and research, as well as his work for museums and historic sites. A graduate of Syracuse University (Newhouse School of Public Communications; Maxwell School of Public Affairs) and Harvard (Museum Studies), he is the author of a dozen books on history and performing arts topics.