Historical Facts

Although I wrote that I agreed with many points in Larry Cebula's "How to Read a Book in One Hour" post, I must admit that I did so with some regret. I truly do enjoy good history writing when I find it. And graduate school would be a waste if one only took books apart rather than relishing, at times, in an author's prose. Indeed, maybe graduate programs are turning out substandard writers, in

Larry Cebula, of Eastern Washington University, breaks down the infamous---and useful---grad school skim at his Northwest History weblog. I confess that I have used Larry's method on many occasions, and agree with most of his points. Allow me to add a few more tips.If you own the book and believe you are likely to keep it, follow some advice I obtained years ago from Mortimer Adler: Do not fear