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The island was said to be completely covered with pigeons. Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on the pigeons.16

David Hackett Fischer

The island was said to be completely covered with pigeons. Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on the pigeons.16

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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").