Books by Eric Hinderaker

The event known as the Boston Massacre is among the most familiar in U.S. history, yet one of the least understood. Eric Hinderaker revisits this dramatic episode, examining the facts of that fateful night, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions, and the long campaign to transform the tragedy into a touchstone of American identity.

In September 1755, the most famous Indian in the world-a Mohawk leader known in English as King Hendrick-died in the Battle of Lake George. Half a century earlier, another Hendrick worked with leaders in the frontier town of Albany. Until recently the two Hendricks were thought to be the same person. Here, Eric Hinderaker sets the record straight.