David Hackett Fischer
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Festival Program
A distinguished professor of history at Brandeis University, David Hackett Fischer is renowned as one of America’s most gifted and creative historians today. A leading chronicler of the Civil War, the American Revolution, and World War II, Fischer is known for his seminal books that often uncover long held myths about pivotal historic events. Among his many ground-breaking works are Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America (1989), Paul Revere’s Ride (1994), The Great Wave: Price Movements in Modern History (1996), and Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement (2000).
Fischer received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book Washington’s Crossing (2004), which probes deeply into the story depicted by the famed 1850 Emmanuel Leutze painting of Washington and his men crossing the Delaware River in December, 1776. His other recent book, Liberty and Freedom (2004), examines a sweeping array of American images, symbols, and icons to explain how the meanings of "liberty" and "freedom" have changed over time.
For his Festival talk, Fischer revisits his own Albion’s Seed and America’s historical roots while examining the surprising ways in which our own "places of the heart" have become more important as we become more mobile and integrated in a global community.
The annual Baskes lectureship recognizes the generous contributions of Julie and Roger Baskes.
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Sunday, Nov 6
4:00PM - 5:00PM
77 West Washington St Chicago IL 60602
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