Eric Hinderaker

Eric A. Hinderaker is an American historian specializing in early America.

Education and career

Hinderaker graduated from Watertown High School (South Dakota) in 1977. He received his B.A. from Augustana College, an M.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1991. He has spent his subsequent career at the University of Utah, where he is currently Distinguished Professor of History.
He is the author or co-author of six books including, most recently, Boston’s Massacre, which won the Society of the Cincinnati Prize and was a finalist for the George Washington Prize. His previous book, The Two Hendricks: Unraveling a Mohawk Mystery, was awarded the Dixon Ryan Fox Prize by the New York Historical Association in 2009 and the Herbert H. Lehman Prize from the New York Academy of History in 2014.
He is also co-author, with Rebecca Edwards and Robert Self, of the textbook America’s History, the 10th edition of which was published in 2020.

Publications

As sole authorElusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley, 1673–1800 The Two Hendricks: Unraveling a Mohawk Mystery Boston’s Massacre
With Peter C. MancallAt the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America
With James Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, and Robert SelfAmerica’s History
Co-edited with Kirsten Fischer

''Colonial American History''