Inventing Ethan Allen /

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"Since 1969, Ethan Allen has been the subject of three biographical studies, all of which indulge in sustaining and revitalizing the image of Allen as a physically imposing Vermont yeoman, a defender of the rights of Americans, an eloquent military hero, and a master of many guises, from rough...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Duffy, John J. (Author), Muller, H. Nicholas, III (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lebanon NH : University Press of New England, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Allen, Ethan, > 1738-1789
Allen, Ethan, > 1738-1789.
Soldiers.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Vermont.
United States.
Vermont > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution)
Vermont > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Confused accounts of Ethan Allen's death: later accounts compound the story
  • Seeking the main chance: limited education, failed ventures, and the promise of the New Hampshire grants
  • Chasing fame and glory: success at Ticonderoga, blundering at St. John, and defeat at Montreal
  • Ethan Allen and the historians: discovering a hero
  • The many guises of the hero: Ethan Allen in fiction, stone, uniform, and popular imagination
  • Making it up: anecdotes, legends, and other dubious tales
  • Silence and exclusion: murder, slaveholding, and plagiarism
  • The hero keeps his reputation
  • Epilogue: the hero lives.

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