As a published historian who has lectured widely on a variety of topics, I am surprised and saddened by how many people I meet who tell me that they hate history and think it's a boring and irrelevant subject. "You make history come alive," I am often told...followed by "I've always hated history - all those names and dates to memorize...yuck! I wish you'd been my history teacher!" Having worked in the field of public history and taught in an academic setting, I have found that this is one of...