Thanks for the links. They appear to be on the wrong level for what I'm interested in learning, though I need to look closer look at the historiography books, l

Thanks for the links. They appear to be on the wrong level for what I'm interested in learning, though I need to look closer look at the historiography books, like "The Historian's Craft". I posted my question yesterday to Reddit, as you suggested. It's at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/44s7ak/how_to_learn_the_nutsbolts_of_becoming_an/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/44s7ak/how_t... .