Does replacing hand-me-down anecdotal history with carefully researched thoroughness take all the fun out of it?

Ms. Lerman has been mining anecdotal and social history for powerful dance theater for many years now.

Contrary to some anecdotal history of this period, the title of the firm always remained property of the family.

An anecdotal history of the neighborhood over seven decades, its images ranged from the sand-filled streets of the 1930's to last year's baby pictures.

Less brilliant and attractive than his novel, the Mémoires are an excellent specimen of anecdotal history.

Mr. Marks's book is also an anecdotal history of the agency and some of its operations.

An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore: 1819-1867 (pp.

Photographs of Hungarton church with some anecdotal history of the building and village.

As his materials accumulated he compiled a sort of anecdotal literary history of the century, based on a large collection of letters.

One is an anecdotal history of the bar told largely by its owner, Rikki Streicher.