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Growing Old in America: The Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered at Clark University [Paperback]

David Hackett Fischer (Author)

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David Hackett Fischer is at Brandeis University.

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Expanded edition (April 20, 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195023668
ISBN-13: 978-0195023664
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
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David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. The recipient of many prizes and awards for his teaching and writing, he is the author of numerous books, including Washington's Crossing, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history.

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