Those turbulent sons of freedom : Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Format
Book, Non-Circulating
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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Fletcher Free Library - 1st Floor-Main - Local History | Non-Circulating | LOCAL HISTORY 973.344 WRE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Physical Desc
xiii, 302 pages : map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-286) and index.
Description
"Wren overturns the myth of Ethan Allen as a legendary hero of the American Revolution and a patriotic son of Vermont and offers a different portrait of Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. They were ruffians who joined the rush for cheap land on the northern frontier of the colonies in the years before the American Revolution. Allen did not serve in the Continental Army but he raced Benedict Arnold for the famous seizure of Britain's Fort Ticonderoga. Allen and Arnold loathed each other. General George Washington, leery of Allen, refused to give him troops. In a botched attempt to capture Montreal against specific orders of the commanding American general, Allen was captured in 1775 and shipped to England to be hanged. Freed in 1778, he spent the rest of his time negotiating with the British but failing to bring Vermont back under British rule. Based on original archival research, this is a groundbreaking account of an important and little-known front of the Revolutionary War, of George Washington (and his good sense), and of a major American myth."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wren, C. S. 1. (2018). Those turbulent sons of freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wren, Christopher S. 1936-. 2018. Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wren, Christopher S. 1936-. Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution Simon & Schuster, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wren, Christopher S. 1936-. Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2018.
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