Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Prologue: On fire for research (an homage to Larry brown) vii
4. 1. What creative research is and how to use it 1
5. 2. Preparing a research plan 22
6. 3. The tools of the trade 38
7. 4. Archives: what they are, where they are, and how to best use them 57
8. 5. It must be true — i saw it on the internet 73
9. 6. The archives of memory, imagination, and personal expertise 83
10. 7. The warm art of the interview 98
11. 8. Walking the ground and handling the thing itself 130
12. 9. Troubleshooting, fact - checking, and emotional cost 149
13. 10. Breathing life into facts and data on the page 170
14. Afterword 203
15. Acknowledgments 209
16. Selected sources for quotations and concepts addressed in this book 211
17. Index 215