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71 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Oxford University Press, 1995

Both Detailed and Gripping
I happened to grow up on the road that Paul Revere road down -- well, one of them. My family spent a few years on Virginia Rd. in Lincoln, Mass. We lived right across the street from Hartwell Farms, where the Minutemen apparently stopped on their ride. Every year on April 19 we would get out of bed (this was the early 1960's) and watch the re-enactment of Paul Revere and The Minutemen. Down the ...

Historians' fallacies: Toward a logic of historical thought

20 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Routledge and K. Paul, 1971

Belongs on every historians reference shelf
I have just read Fischer's work and have ordered my own copy. In my specialty I have read many works that commit many of the fallacies that Fischer describes. I am going to read this book carefully again, both to improve my work and to better understand that of others. Folks who run history graduate education programs need to attend to Fischer's concerns. Editors of scholarly journals and series ...

Washington's Crossing

85 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Recorded Books, 2004

Captures the Humanity of Washington and the New Nation
This is a truly great piece of historical writing. Over the past several years, there have been three outstanding books about Washington and 1776: McCullough's "1776", Ellis' biography of Washington, and this book by Fischer. Fischer's is by far the best and deserved the Pulitizer Prize. Modern Americans have always been able to identify more with Lincoln than with Washington, the latter ...

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America a Cultural History, Vol 1)

80 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Oxford University Press, USA, 1989

Outstanding Scholarship
How lucky I feel to have come across and finished one of those rare books that not only provides critical historical information, but also indelibly transforms the way I view the world. The massive tome is about four discrete immigrant movements from Britain to the U.S. and their critical influence on modern regional cultures here. The migrations covered in the book start around 1630 with the ...

The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History

18 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Price is relative(ly) UnsTabLe - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
What is the time frame you are thinking in? You can get an incredible glimpse of monetary history just by looking at the table of contents and the table of Figures, charts and graphs. I would say read this book slowly, here and there if nothing else - or just use it like an encyclopedia to begin to answer some question or another when it comes up. But buy it mostly just to give to your kids. ...

Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas

8 reviews
David Hackett Fischer, 2004

America's finest historian outdoes himself
David Hackett Fischer's Albion's Seed established him as one of the finest historians writing for a general audience. Since the publication of that landmark history, Fischer has produced a number of outstanding books, including among them Paul Revere's Ride, and Washington's Crossing, each of which skillfully demonstrates how cultural forces, reflected in individual decisions and actions, ...

Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement

8 reviews
David Hackett Fischer, James C. Kelly

University of Virginia Press, 2000

Outstanding history of migration to, within, & from Virginia
A fascinating history of migration to, within, and from Virginia, the Old Dominion. The "to" begins with the English colonization at Roanoke (the lost colony) and Jamestown. "Within" is movement of colonists to various parts of the region, including the tidewater, piedmont, southside, northern neck, and "the valley" (Shenandoah). And "from" is the movement of Virginians to all parts of the ...

The David Hackett Fischer Set: Consisting of Liberty and Freedom and Washington's Crossing
David Hackett Fischer

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

A marvelous two-volume set by one of America's premier historians, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington's Crossing and the lavishly illustrated Liberty and Freedom, an insightful look at two ideas that have had a dramatic impact on our nation's history.

Champlain's Dream
David Hackett Fischer

Knopf Canada, 2008

David Hackett Fischer’s Champlain’s Dream is the enthralling story of an adventurer who was also an able leader with a rare vision for a new world founded on harmony and respect – where Europeans and Aboriginals would cooperate for mutual benefit. A complex, elusive man among many colourful characters, Samuel de Champlain participated in palace intrigues, endured raging storms at sea and fought with his Indian allies in ...