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Sydney George Fisher
1856–1927
A Philadelphia lawyer turned historian, he wrote vivid, often revisionist books about early America and the Revolution. He is best remembered for challenging patriotic myths and drawing attention to the Loyalist side of the story.
3 Audiobooks
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, he became known as an American lawyer, historian, and author. He is especially associated with The True History of the American Revolution, a book that helped make his reputation by questioning simplified, heroic versions of the past.
His writing focused on American colonial history, the Revolution, and Pennsylvania, and he published works including The Making of Pennsylvania, Men, Women, and Manners in Colonial Times, and Pennsylvania, Colony and Commonwealth. Across these books, he aimed to make history readable while also arguing for a more complicated view of the American founding.
He died on February 22, 1927. Today he is remembered as a lively historical writer whose work stood out for its independent streak and willingness to revisit familiar American stories from a different angle.