Cognella Academic Publishing Making History: A Personal Approach to Modern American History

Review Starting with early man's cave paintings, through the ages to Harvey Pekar's autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, and beyond, people have always employed art and pictures to record their personal histories. With Making History, Bruce Olav Solheim melds history, autobiography, and comic art into an entirely unique literary creation." ―Larry Jost, illustrator "Making History offers a marvelous adaptation of texts and images to the worldview and interests of today's college student. The "personal history" enriched so dramatically by Gary Dumm's one-page comic art contributions, hits home where a detached, purely scholarly approach does not and cannot. Bruce Solheim is a uniquely engaged teacher and textbook author, and students will welcome his work as something dear to them as well as useful." ―Paul Buhle, retired lecturer, Brown University, author/editor of numerous histories and non-fiction comic art volumes "This text is inspiring, consciousness raising, thought provoking, compelling, and a pleasure to read. Making History vividly captures the last 125 years of our U.S. history and does not gloss over or slant the content of our past, but presents fairly both the good and the bad." ―William V. Wenger, Colonel, USA (retired), business executive, college professor, actor "This book is fair-minded, fact filled, and presented with such order and clarity that the reader's mind is not numbed, but provoked to the discovery of how we ended up where we are now. Dr. Solheim dares the reader/student to become an active, responsible citizen and to make our world a better place by honestly confronting how we've gone wrong with our wars and our social policies." ―David A. Willson, U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, retired reference librarian and professor, Vietnam War literature and film bibliographer, and author "Readers will find Bruce Solheim's Making History to be an engaging and innovative approach to recent American history. The author thoughtfully blends illustrative personal experiences with major changes in domestic and foreign policies, and their impact on the lives of Americans. One senses throughout the book the dedication of a thoughtful historian, who challenges his readers to learn from the past as they confront contemporary problems. Altogether, Making History is a splendid work." ―Gary R. Hess, Ph.D., emeritus distinguished research professor of history, Bowling Green State University Product Description “Starting with early man’s cave paintings, through the ages to Harvey Pekar’s autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, and beyond, people have always employed art and pictures to record their personal histories. With Making History, Bruce Olav Solheim melds history, autobiography, and comic art into an entirely unique literary creation. — Larry Jost, illustrator Making History offers a marvelous adaptation of texts and images to the worldview and interests of today’s college student. The “personal history” enriched so dramatically by Gary Dumm’s one-page comic art contributions, hits home where a detached, purely scholarly approach does not and cannot. Bruce Solheim is a uniquely engaged teacher and textbook author, and students will welcome his work as something dear to them as well as useful. — Paul Buhle, retired lecturer, Brown University Author/editor of numerous histories and non-fiction comic art volumes It’s time to take history personally. This unique text takes a personal approach to American history to get readers excited about their own roles in making history and empower them to make changes for the betterment of their country. This text is inspiring, consciousness raising, thought provoking, compelling, and a pleasure to read. Making History vividly captures the last 125 years of our U.S. history and does not gloss over or slant the content of our past, but presents fairly both the good and the bad. — William V. Wenger, Colonel, USA (retired), business execut