Comments on: AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID HACKETT FISCHER

By: Don Brown

Don Brown — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:44:03 +0000

David Hackett Fischer pulls events from the past and spreads them out before you to live in. I got from his book ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ the seriousness in Revere to move the Revolutionary cause as if it was a necessity. Fischer gets into the icon’s thought processes by filling in his background.
‘Washington’s Crossing’ totally informed me beyond the shallow ‘let’s sneak up on the British’ attitude I had for the event.
After reading his books I feel like I know these two heroes like I had actually met them.

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By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:27:14 +0000

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By: The Glittering Eye

The Glittering Eye — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:26:49 +0000

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By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:56:12 +0000

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By: Hawkeye

Hawkeye — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:24:12 +0000

I have not yet gotten to _Washington’s Crossing_ though it is on my reading list; maybe this summer. _Paul Revere’s Ride_ is great. It is an easy, pleasent read, and most Americans, raised on the myths preserved and transmitted by Longfellow, et al, will find much of it qiute a shock. Fischer is a rare bird: a gifted historian who is also a gifted writer.

Rick, I also recommend you read _Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America_. That was the first of DHF’s books I read, and I became fan then. His thesis is considered controversial (or worse) by some, but it cannot be ignored as social or cultural history. This book is not the engaging narrative of _Revere_, but if you are a true diehard history nerd, you will love it.

By: kreiz

kreiz — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:59:51 +0000

Very nicely done, Rick. I’m not familiar with Professor Fischer’s work but intend to remedy that soon.