Record And Remember: Tracing Your Roots Through Oral History
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Every family carries within it a treasury of stories, voices, and memories that, without deliberate effort, vanish with each passing generation — Record and Remember: Tracing Your Roots Through Oral History is the definitive guide to rescuing those stories before they are lost forever. Written by Ellen Robinson Epstein and Rona Mendelsohn, this practical and deeply humane work instructs readers in the art and craft of oral history, presenting a systematic methodology for interviewing relatives, preserving personal narratives, and constructing a living family archive that spans generations. The authors argue that oral history is not merely a hobby for the genealogically curious, but a vital cultural act — one that honours the dignity of ordinary lives and strengthens the connective tissue between past and present. Epstein and Mendelsohn write with warmth and clarity, making the process accessible to readers of all backgrounds while never sacrificing rigour for simplicity. At a time when the oldest living witnesses to the twentieth century's most transformative events are fading, the question this book leaves ringing in the reader's mind is both urgent and personal: whose story are you waiting to record?
Author: Ellen Robinson Epstein And Rona Mendelsohn
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Every family carries within it a treasury of stories, voices, and memories that, without deliberate effort, vanish with each passing generation — Record and Remember: Tracing Your Roots Through Oral History is the definitive guide to rescuing those stories before they are lost forever. Written by Ellen Robinson Epstein and Rona Mendelsohn, this practical and deeply humane work instructs readers in the art and craft of oral history, presenting a systematic methodology for interviewing relatives, preserving personal narratives, and constructing a living family archive that spans generations. The authors argue that oral history is not merely a hobby for the genealogically curious, but a vital cultural act — one that honours the dignity of ordinary lives and strengthens the connective tissue between past and present. Epstein and Mendelsohn write with warmth and clarity, making the process accessible to readers of all backgrounds while never sacrificing rigour for simplicity. At a time when the oldest living witnesses to the twentieth century's most transformative events are fading, the question this book leaves ringing in the reader's mind is both urgent and personal: whose story are you waiting to record?