Carol Kammen has been writing about doing local history for many years. The first edition of this book came out in 1985; this edition is greatly pruned and expanded. She has edited The Encyclopedia of Local History (two editions) for Alta Mira Press and AASLH and has written editorials for History News since 1995. In addition she has written a history of her county of the City in which she lives and Cornell: Glorious to View (2003) and Part & Apart: The African American Experience at Cornell 1865-1945 (2008) and edited First Person Cornell: Student's Letters Diaries Email and Blogs (2006). She has also written two-dozen dramatic presentations using local history including Between the Lines Peaches and Bird The Language of War and others and writes a history column for her local newspaper. She lives in Ithaca New York previously taught at Cornell University and serves as the Tompkins County Historian. Language: English