Inventing Ethan Allen /
"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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| Language: | English |
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Lebanon NH :
University Press of New England,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
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.
