author
Sydney George Fisher
1856–1927
A Philadelphia lawyer turned popular historian, he wrote lively books that challenged simple myths about early America. He is best known for The True History of the American Revolution and other works on colonial and Revolutionary history.
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The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal"
by Sydney George Fisher
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware
by Sydney George Fisher
The True Benjamin Franklin
by Sydney George Fisher
About the author
Born in Philadelphia on September 11, 1856, Sydney George Fisher became known as an American lawyer, historian, and author. Although trained in law, he built his reputation through readable history books that explored colonial America, the Revolution, and major early American figures.
His best-known book, The True History of the American Revolution, argued for a more complicated picture of the war than the heroic version many readers were used to. He also wrote books including The True Benjamin Franklin, The Making of Pennsylvania, and Men, Women, and Manners in Colonial Times, showing a strong interest in the everyday texture of early American life as well as its politics.
Fisher's work reached a wide audience in its day because it mixed research with a clear, accessible style. He died on February 22, 1927, but his books still offer an engaging window into how Americans have argued over the nation's beginnings.