David Hackett Fischer Quote

Long voyages under sail with crews that spoke many tongues made a ship into a language school.

David Hackett Fischer

Long voyages under sail with crews that spoke many tongues made a ship into a language school.

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About David Hackett Fischer

David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University. Fischer's major works have covered topics ranging 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").