![]() Yet those worlds are tied together more closely than might first appear. Indeed, writing history and living it seem to belong to two different worlds. They inhabit a world of libraries filled with old books, fading photographs, and dog-eared records. The people who write history, on the other hand, are mostly invisible. The greatest of those who do are often honored, sometimes denounced, always remembered. Making history by living it seems exciting, vital, even dangerous. As a historian, it’s my job to discover the details of the past and make sense of them. I’m someone who makes history another way: I write it. How do you make history? Most of us think in terms of someone changing the course of events by performing deeds that will endure in human memory. ![]() … Seven Years’ War Washington’s retreat and advance Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific, 1804–5.10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1įor W.E.G., M.H.L., M.B.S., C.L.H., and B.DeL., who have shared the walk through Elysian fields ![]() This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). paper) Library of Congress Control Number: 2015935963 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Set in Minion type by Integrated Publishing Solutions. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund. Published with assistance from the Kingsley Trust Association Publication Fund established by the Scroll and Key Society of Yale College. Lines from “I Have a Dream” and “Address to 1st Montgomery Improvement Â�Association (MIA) Mass Meeting, at Holt Street Baptist Church” by Martin Luther King, Jr., reprinted by arrangement with the Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., c/o Writers House as agent for the proprietor, New York, NY.
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