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Bruce Joshua Miller

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Description:“Each morning I would strike out for this temple of learning in the crisp autumn air . . . with a sense of purpose and the conviction that this was where I belonged.”—Marilyn Stasio from “My Research Project”Inspired partly by Richard Altick’s The Scholar Adventurers, the thirteen writers in Curiosity’s Cats offer powerful arguments for the value of hands-on research, be it chasing documents, cracking mysteries, interviewing long-lost subjects, or visiting exotic and not-so-exotic locales. Alberto Martinez explains how diligence with dates can provide clues to unlock the most difficult historical puzzles. Jan Reid explores the difference between research for an epic novel and research to write the epic biography of a friend. Margot Livesey suspects that she continues to write novels simply to do the research. But every essay testifies to the fact that research is valuable not only because of the product that may result from it, but because the process itself fulfills a basic human need.Introduction / Bruce Joshua Miller --Stay here as long as you like / Ali Selim --To understand you must break in / Steve Yates --Dating Albert Einstein / Alberto A. Martínez --Research can be murder / Katherine Hall Page --He liked custard / Margot Livesay --Prospecting the past / Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. --A good turn every day : a boy in Duluth in 1926 / Bruce White --Curious encounters in my search for Vinland / Annette Kolodny --Comanches, cowboys, and a political rock star / Jan Reid --The mad bomber guy / Bruce Joshua Miller --Pilgrim voices : Puritans, immigrants, and historical research / Philip J. Anderson --An essayist's guide to research and family life / Ned Stuckey-French --Your research, or your life! / Marilyn StasioBruce Joshua Miller has edited two books and written for public radio, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He has worked in the book industry for thirty-five years.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curiosity's Cats: Writers on Research. To get started finding Curiosity's Cats: Writers on Research, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: “Each morning I would strike out for this temple of learning in the crisp autumn air . . . with a sense of purpose and the conviction that this was where I belonged.”—Marilyn Stasio from “My Research Project”Inspired partly by Richard Altick’s The Scholar Adventurers, the thirteen writers in Curiosity’s Cats offer powerful arguments for the value of hands-on research, be it chasing documents, cracking mysteries, interviewing long-lost subjects, or visiting exotic and not-so-exotic locales. Alberto Martinez explains how diligence with dates can provide clues to unlock the most difficult historical puzzles. Jan Reid explores the difference between research for an epic novel and research to write the epic biography of a friend. Margot Livesey suspects that she continues to write novels simply to do the research. But every essay testifies to the fact that research is valuable not only because of the product that may result from it, but because the process itself fulfills a basic human need.Introduction / Bruce Joshua Miller --Stay here as long as you like / Ali Selim --To understand you must break in / Steve Yates --Dating Albert Einstein / Alberto A. Martínez --Research can be murder / Katherine Hall Page --He liked custard / Margot Livesay --Prospecting the past / Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. --A good turn every day : a boy in Duluth in 1926 / Bruce White --Curious encounters in my search for Vinland / Annette Kolodny --Comanches, cowboys, and a political rock star / Jan Reid --The mad bomber guy / Bruce Joshua Miller --Pilgrim voices : Puritans, immigrants, and historical research / Philip J. Anderson --An essayist's guide to research and family life / Ned Stuckey-French --Your research, or your life! / Marilyn StasioBruce Joshua Miller has edited two books and written for public radio, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He has worked in the book industry for thirty-five years.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curiosity's Cats: Writers on Research. To get started finding Curiosity's Cats: Writers on Research, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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