Comments on: My "laudable pus": when history gets personal http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/24/my-laudable-pus-when-history-gets-personal/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: amy amster http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/24/my-laudable-pus-when-history-gets-personal/#comment-25 amy amster Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:15:47 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-25 summertime gatherings are the perfect time to discuss family <a href="http://www.lifebio.com/" rel="nofollow">Personal History</a>. Get the memories first-hand from the family members who made them and write your life story to pass on to future generations. visit: lifebio.com to get started... summertime gatherings are the perfect time to discuss family Personal History. Get the memories first-hand from the family members who made them and write your life story to pass on to future generations. visit: lifebio.com to get started…

]]> By: Physical Therapy Colorado http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/24/my-laudable-pus-when-history-gets-personal/#comment-24 Physical Therapy Colorado Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:02:12 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-24 When you mentioned you couldn't bring any personal items it reminded how sterile the hospital environment is. I'm not really meaning sterile in the sense of not contaminated, just the act of being in a hospital, I believe, can make you feel worse. When you mentioned you couldn’t bring any personal items it reminded how sterile the hospital environment is. I’m not really meaning sterile in the sense of not contaminated, just the act of being in a hospital, I believe, can make you feel worse.

]]> By: My Suppurating Wounds: when history gets personal « The Edge of the American West http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/24/my-laudable-pus-when-history-gets-personal/#comment-23 My Suppurating Wounds: when history gets personal « The Edge of the American West Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:42:36 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-23 [...] Podcast and Blog.  A longer, ramblier, vicodin-inspired version of this post first appeared here. My left leg was propped up on the edge of the gurney as the ER doc sliced open the abscess on my [...] [...] Podcast and Blog.  A longer, ramblier, vicodin-inspired version of this post first appeared here. My left leg was propped up on the edge of the gurney as the ER doc sliced open the abscess on my [...]

]]> By: Adam Arenson http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/24/my-laudable-pus-when-history-gets-personal/#comment-22 Adam Arenson Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:48:04 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-22 Eek! Um, thanks? for sharing what you've faced. As you say, most historians are encouraged to mention such personal ties at the beginning or end of a book, but that connection is nevertheless of utmost importance to many if not most readers, from search committee members to the airport browser. It not only establishes expertise, it also demonstrates empathy with the stories you will tell. That helps readers connect emotionally and, I think, remember your history more intensely. Eek! Um, thanks? for sharing what you’ve faced.

As you say, most historians are encouraged to mention such personal ties at the beginning or end of a book, but that connection is nevertheless of utmost importance to many if not most readers, from search committee members to the airport browser. It not only establishes expertise, it also demonstrates empathy with the stories you will tell. That helps readers connect emotionally and, I think, remember your history more intensely.

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