EVERYMAN HIS OWN HISTORIAN

Everyman His Own Historian

Everyman His Own Historian

Carl Becker, author of Everyman His Own Historian, interprets in his own words the significance of history. Becker utilizes a narrative and details to support his position. Becker begins by dissecting the textbook delineation of history.

The delineation of annals starts as, “the information of events that have occurred in the past”, and later Becker develops the definition to, “history is the recollection of things said and done.” Becker carries his change to the initial definition by investigating the actual words used. For example, Becker restores information with memory.

His argument is that recollection ...