After the fact : the art of historical detection

In episodes that move chronologically through American history, this book examines a broad variety of topics including oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels. The author introduces readers, step by step, to the detective work and analytical approaches historians use when they are actually doing history

Includes bibliographical references and index

The strange death of Silas Deane -- Contact -- Serving time in Virginia -- The visible and invisible worlds of Salem -- Declaring independence -- Material witness -- Jackson's frontier-and Turner's -- The madness of John Brown -- The view from the bottom rail -- The mirror with a memory -- USDA government inspected -- Sacco and Vanzetti -- Dust bowl odyssey -- The decision to drop the bomb -- From Rosie to Lucy -- Sitting in -- Breaking into Watergate -- Where trouble comes

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