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The story of you : a guide for writing your personal stories and family history
- Title
- The story of you : a guide for writing your personal stories and family history / John Bond.
- Author
- Bond, John, 1960-
- Publication
- Thorofare, New Jersey : SLACK Incorporated, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG CT25 .B636 2014 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 134 pages; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by William D. Carrigan -- Section I. Why write? -- Why take the time? -- The reasons not to write about you or your family -- Section II. How to get started -- What is a family story? -- Family trees are important, too -- Getting started is a snap -- Section III. What to write about -- Telling the story of you -- Telling the story of your family or others -- Section IV. How to create the stories -- Expanding the list of classics -- Finding the right format -- Conducting an interview -- Section V. How to finish the stories -- Revising and editing your stories -- Accuracy in storytelling -- Dealing with difficult topics -- Sharing your work -- Section VI. What tools are needed and what can be done with them -- Using the right tools -- Adding memorabilia -- How to present or publish your stories -- Using a personal historian -- Section VII. Gaining inspiration -- Reading the stories of other people and oral histories -- Section VIII. What now? -- Are you really done? -- Appendices: Coming up with ideas for stories -- Appendix A: 219 questions to prime the pump -- Appendix B: 21 ways to stir up memories -- Appendix C: Storycorps : a must.
- Call Number
- CT25
- ISBN
- 9781617119798 (alkaline paper)
- 1617119792 (alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2013050452
- OCLC
- 866803697
- Author
- Bond, John, 1960-
- Title
- The story of you : a guide for writing your personal stories and family history / John Bond.
- Publisher
- Thorofare, New Jersey : SLACK Incorporated, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG CT25 .B636 2014