David Hackett Fischer

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December 02, 1935

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David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. His major works have tackled everything from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (Albion's Seed, The Great Wave) to narrative histories of significant events (Paul Revere's Ride, Washington's Crossing) to explorations of historiography (Historians' Fallacies, in which he coined the term Historian's fallacy).
He is best known for his major study, Albion's Seed, which argued that core aspects of American culture stem from several different British folkways and regional cultures, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History), a narrative of George Washington's leadership of the Contine...more

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avg rating: 4.11 | 885 ratings | 217 reviews | 11 distinct works | 8 fans

	Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.20 — 291 ratings — published 2003 8 editions	my rating:
	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.11 — 193 ratings — published 1989 2 editions	my rating:
	Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.07 — 190 ratings — published 1993 3 editions	my rating:
	Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 3.93 — 43 ratings — published 2008 6 editions	my rating:
	Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 3.70 — 40 ratings — published 1970 2 editions	my rating:
	The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 3.78 — 32 ratings — published 1996 2 editions	my rating:
	Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.42 — 12 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 1993 3 editions	my rating:
	The Revolution of American Conservatism: The Federalist Party in the Era of Jeffersonian Democracy by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1969 2 editions	my rating:
	Growing Old in America: The Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered at Clark University by David Hackett Fischer avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1977 2 editions	my rating: