IX.  In the second of three parts, we hear scholar David Hackett Fischer's exploration of the long twists and turns in the widely varying interpretations of Washington’s audacious Christmas 1776 attack on the British. Another ten versions of this major moment in the new nation's struggle for independence follow in Part 3.

IX. In the second of three parts, we hear scholar David Hackett Fischer's exploration of the long twists and turns in the widely varying interpretations of Washington’s audacious Christmas 1776 attack on the British. Another ten versions of this major moment in the new nation's struggle for independence follow in Part 3.

IX.&nbsp; In the second of three parts, we hear scholar David Hackett Fischer's exploration of the long twists and turns in the widely varying interpretations of Washington’s audacious Christmas 1776 attack on the British. Another ten versions of this major moment in the new nation's struggle for independence follow in Part 3.

Washington's Crossing: Whodunit?  (Part 2)

Historic Matters is a podcast for people fascinated by American history, committed to history in civic life, and eager for good stories about the past well told.  The show brings together historians and teachers, authors and public historians to explore broad themes of history and smaller episodes, events, and people of the American past.  Good "storytelling" is essential to compelling history, and active civic participation demands an understanding of the past.

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Historic Matters is a podcast for people fascinated by American history, committed to history in civic life, and eager for good stories about the past well told. The show brings together historians and teachers, authors and public historians to explore broad themes of history and smaller episodes, events, and people of the American past. Good "storytelling" is essential to compelling history, and active civic participation demands an understanding of the past.

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Washington's Crossing: Whodunit? (Part 2)

Washington's Crossing: Whodunit? (Part 2)