"To study history, you must study the historian."

Are the writers who make history also a part of history? Are the stories they tell what actually happened, or have we all been had? What motivates a historian to practice her craft?

In "Making History: Storytellers Who Shaped the Past," veteran writer and publisher Richard Cohen explains how the earliest historians built their narratives and distributed their work. He goes era by era, highlighting the most impactful non-fiction writers of all time like Thucydides, the authors of the Bible, Shakespeare, Julius Caesar and Ulysses Grant.

He also considers modern authors like Ibram Kendi and today's journalists. He explains how stories are found, told and most of all, how historians themselves shape them.

Information on Richard Cohen's book, "Making History," can be found here

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