Inventing Ethan Allen
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- ISBN: 9781611685534
- ISBN: 1611685532
- ISBN: 9781611685541
- ISBN: 1611685540
- ISBN: 9781611685558
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xii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: Hanover, New Hampshire : University Press of New England, [2014]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | Allen, Ethan 1738-1789 Soldiers United States Biography United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography Vermont History Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 207 .A4 D84 2014 | 30775305524465 | General Collection | Available | - |